This young girl gives me hope for the future. She is truly inspiring.
The full quote/poem: “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 does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not 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 is not just in some of us;
it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson
The scariest part about this is, after contemplating it for
a while, I realised that in many ways this is very true (at least for me).
While I think I fear my darkness, I’m beginning to think that maybe I do fear
my light more. I’m afraid both of failure and success, which doesn’t really
leave much wiggle room. But I think that to chase after my dreams, I’m going to
have to let go of my fear of both light and darkness, and embrace both.
Love this.
“They made him break rocks, thinking they were breaking his
spirit. Haha! Little did they know they were preparing him to break barriers of
inequality, oppression, and discrimination!”
There are no words.
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