Getting out of your own way

I was doing some reading on the subject of "letting go" and came across this very poignant 1974 Inaugural Speech,  given by Nelson Mandela, but originally written by Marianne Williamson. It really resonated with me, so I thought I'd share it with the group.   --- Debra

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 doesn’t 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 that is within us.
Its not just in some of us, it’s in everyone;
and as we let our 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.