my power is your power

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.
We ask ourselves,
who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are we
NOT to be?
You are children 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 manifest the
glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us,
it's in everyone.
As we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we liberate from our own fears,
our presence automatically
liberates others.

-- Nelson Mandela


One very very boring day, I found myself doing this --
pretty narcissistic, wouldn't you say?