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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Let Your Light Shine

In February of last year, after seeing Coach Carter, I quoted Rick Gonzalez's character, Timo Cruz, in Our Deepest Fear. The other day I found out that he was actually quoting Nelson Mandela. Here is the entire quote from ThinkExist.com:

“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 frightens us most. We ask oursleves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' 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 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 all of us. And when 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 prescence automatically liberates others.”
"You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us." This year I am going to quit being afraid of my potential and quit sabatoging myself. I am going to start walking in authority!

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