For my first post I wanted to share with you a beautiful article that I found recently. I hope it touches you and profoundly leaves you hungry for insight...
The following quote is not Nelson Mandela's and he's never used it. It's commonly believed that Mandela used these words in his 1994 inauguration speech. He didn't. It comes from the book A Return To Love, 1992, by Marianne Williamson.
"'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?... 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... It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (Marianne Williamson, author, from A Return To Love, 1992. Ack C Wilson and J Cooke.
The version below includes references to God, which will suit some people, but not others - use whichever is appropriate.)
"'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 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 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 subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (Marianne Williamson, author, from A Return To Love, 1992. Ack C Wilson and J Cooke. The version above excludes the references to God, which some people will prefer, but not others - use whichever is appropriate.)
thank you for sharing this. i did think that mandela had used it!
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with love,
yolanda
http://thestufflifesmadeof.blogspot.com/
Hi Dee
ReplyDeleteI am very excited to have you bring your wisdom to the blogosphere. Am looking forward to future posts.
Speak soon!
Julieanne
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ReplyDeleteHey Yolanda - Thanks for your comment. I have placed a new one on line from a very special and precious man. I have followed your blog also - We seem to think alike I will continue to check in on you to remind myself that we are all precious. Happy creating Yolanda
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ReplyDeleteThanks for saying Hi, I have followed your blog and find you a very intrguing writer. I very much enjoyed reading your peice on Ancestral hand me downs... I very much believe that memories are in fact handed down through "cellular memory". It is an incredible and reasonably new science (to me) that allows us to understand why we know the things we do sometimes. It also helps me to stop blaming myself for my lack and niavity. I look forward to seeing more of your writing. Drop in anytime. Until then Happy Creating!! regards Dee