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. 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
in Return to Love
We are powerful because God within us is powerful, and as images of him we can't even HIDE the glory within, even though we often try. Everything good in us is Christ. Even when we try to hide from our goodness, even when we run away from Truth by way of sin, we are still His kids! Our identity, regardless of our acknowledgement of it, is inherently wonderful. It is a beautiful gift to which we only have to surrender!
