our greatest fear

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.

- Nelson Mandela courtesy of Marianne Williamson

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[artisttreetopgallery]

Regardless of who said it before you said it perfectly, keep letting your light shine, Here is one more that I heard some place and have lived by. "Lift as you climb."

Keep it up awesome.

[jllew11]

just for you to know nelson mandela never used this speech. incorrectly attributed to Nelson Mandela. Marianne Wilson herself said:

"As honored as I would be had President Mandela quoted my words, indeed he did not. I have no idea where that story came from, but I am gratified that the paragraph has come to mean so much to so many people."

[bennoblack21]

on straight notes its dope I really like how you done it, ive alwayse liked the speech, but it never really hit me till i heard timo cruz from coach carter speak it.

just wondering though (if anyone can spill) who actually wrote it, was it mandela or williamson? ive looked it up, but you know how the internet can be.

[tomsanut]

I saw so much in your smile. in you,YOU GLOW I saw so much in this video wow Thank you Jesus loves you and so do I..... LOVE IT WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.

[kayupfus]

you are a ray of sunshine

[mayaluvsmusic]

this is straight dope

[YouAreCreation]

thank you for passing that along to the youtube community. Beautiful!

[beyond187]

excellent work ;) lol i laugh because of hwo well you did this stellar work !

[benzone50]

iv watched this before, but i was too afraid to respond! afraid of the greatness within, so i shut it down & quickly moved on to something else. i especially loved the first bit about our greatest fear.

[Jesselyn000]

wow...