By Marianne Williamson

From: “A 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 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 is not just in some of us; it is in 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 presence automatically liberates others.

Is it coincidence that I ran across this quote today? Did you also need to hear this? Something tells me that someone who reads my blog needed to read this. Maybe not all of you, maybe just one. Maybe just me. Here it is. My guess is that whoever you are, if you exist at all, it’s someone who also needs to hear that I love them. I do.