Recently I shared an excerpt from the poem below with friends. You may recognize it from the movie "Akeelah and the Bee" where I first learn of it.
I think it's thought provoking. Of course, when I read it I hear Lawrence Fishburn's voice in my head, so that may be why it feels powerful to me.
Jim
A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson
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 frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t 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 light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others.
