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 the most. We ask ourselves this question: 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 is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people feel secure around you. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone, and as we let our light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.