Shamelessly stolen from one_woman_army

[shadesong]

Marianne Williamson, from her book _Return to Love_

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.
We ask ourselves "who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of the Universe.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's 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 Universe that is within us.
And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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Comments

[dustyskinandall.livejournal.com]

of all things to steal from me...
I approve, I approve...
if enough people see it, more people will believe it.

brava.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

... and more people should be reading you anyway! :)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you for putting this in your journal.

(A girl you haven't met. :)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I saw it in a friend's journal and decided that everyone needed to see it. :)

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Aha!

[amberfox.livejournal.com]

I'd seen that before, but it was attributed to Nelson Mandela then. A little searching quickly affirms that this is the correct attribution. Thank you. ^_^

Re: Aha!

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Glad to be of service. :)

Eep!

[la-belledame.livejournal.com]

Odetta read this veryvery quote at Common Ground on the Hill! I had no idea how I was going to find it again -- thanks!

D.

Re: Eep!

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

This quote was obviously meant to be Out There. :)