Needed this

I was given a whole bunch of books from my mom, ones that I had liked as a kid.  There were bookmarks and pieces of paper tucked into some of them.  I came across a quote, probably given to me in Young Women's once; you know how they're always giving us cut-out quotes to encourage participation.  Anyways, this quote from whenever applies directly to my life today.  Things just fall together sometimes...

"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 unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.  As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Nelson Mandella quoting Marianne Williamson in his 1994 Inaugural Speech