Amara Graps wrote:
>
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> ---begin{quote}
>
> 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 and fabulous?
>
> Actually, who are you not to be?
>
> 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 were 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 fear,
> Our presence automatically liberates others.
>
> ---end{quote}
>
> Nelson Mandela
> 1994 Inaugural Speech
>
>
That is a beautiful piece but I believe it is mis-attributed to Nelson
Mandela. It was authored my Marianne Williamson of A Course in Miracles
fame. Nelson Mandela borrowed it for his inauguration.
- samantha
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