Our Deepest Fear is that We are Powerful Beyond Measure

                                   By Marianne Williamson

"Our Deepest Fear is not that that we are inadaquete. Our deepest fear is

that we are powerful beyound measure. It is our light, not our darkness that

frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,

talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of

God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing

enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around

you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make

manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us ; it's

everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other

people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear,

our prescence automatically liberates others."