My greatest fear is...

Maryanne Williamson wrote this and it was used by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech

“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 most.

We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ 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 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 all of us.

And when 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.”

THE 30 DAY CHALLENGE

Hand write this poem out and do so in the first person. Then to read it twice a day in front of the mirror for one whole month. If you forget even once, you have to start again from scratch.

Here is your chance to read this out loud to yourself and to do the exercise. It will transform who you are being in a matter of days.

“My deepest fear is not that I am inadequate. My deepest fear is that I am powerful beyond measure. It is my light, not my darkness, that frightens me most.

I ask myself, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who am I not to be? I am a child of God (insert your preferred spiritual name). My playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around me. I was born to make manifest the glory of God(insert your preferred spiritual name)

that is within me. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us.

And when I let my own light shine, I unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As I am liberated from my own fear, my presence automatically liberates others.”