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’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.

—Marianne Williamson

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我们最怕的，不是做不到，

而是能做的，太多太多。

我们最怕的，不是内心的阴暗，而是内心有光明。

常自问，出色出彩、才华横溢的，凭什么是我？

可是，凭什么不能是你！

你也是上帝的孩子。

退而求其次，并不能让这世界变好。

为了迁就别人，而蜷缩一团，

也不是体贴开明。

上帝赋予你我光芒，

那我们的使命，

就是要将它绽放。

这光芒不是特权，

我们都有这束光。

我们释放光芒，

能告诉别人，

他们也可以释放光芒。

我们从恐惧中解脱了自己，也就自然而然解脱了别人。