In various forms and places...
From
Coach Carter:
Timo Cruz says it this way: "
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. 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. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
From
Akeelah and the Bee:
Akeelah reads it from a plaque on Dr. Larabee's wall: "
Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate; our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
And I think
Michelle quotes it somewhere on her blog... or... maybe I'm thinking of the Maya Angelou poem
Phenomenal Woman... whatever.
This blog looks at the whole thing and who said what when...
The point is... it's important to me right now. And I think I understand it on a level that I'm not ready to talk about yet...
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Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and 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 were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine,
we consciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
