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V8 Human Potential

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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"

Actually, who are you not to be ?
You are a child of God.
You playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlighten 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 is not just in some of us, 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 own fear
Our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandala's Inaugural Speech 1994.