Thank Sharon. As we learned the song as children: THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE...I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE!!! SHINE with me. On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Sharon Gillam <sgillam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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, 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 are all meant to shine, as children do. > 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