A counsellor I saw in high school gave me this excerpt from a Marianne Williamson book, and it helped me a great deal. I remember not being overly impressed with the "God images". But it all makes sense to me now!
When I read the journal entries of friends, I feel bad that I seem to be doing so well right now. And then I remember, "hey - I've been there too"...
"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 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."
"Authored and published by Marianne Williamson"
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