Thought for Food... A quote on Greatness

As always, I pray these words strike a chord in your person this day and always...

Often attributed to the world-reknown Nelson Mandela, this quote actually came from Ms. Marianne Williamson in Return to Love, Harper Collins, 1992:

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Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but 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,
handsome, 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 won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine,
we consciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

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