sweet innocence
"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.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't
feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We
are 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 line 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 Mandela, 1994