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 frightnes us

We ask ourselves:'' Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?''0

Actually, Who are you not to be?0
You are a child of God
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 born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us
It's not just in some of us; It's 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 fears, our presence automatically liberates others



--Nelson Mandel, 1994 inaugural speech

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you can reach more of Mandela's speech by clicking on those links.


** http://zine.dal.net/previousissues/issue7/...7/mandella.html


** http://www.timstouse.com/FunStuff/NelsonMandela.htm


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