Our Deepest Fear

I love this poem. From the minute I heard it in Coach Carter I knew I had to find it online. And I did. It's really deep when you read it to yourself. I found myself making copies and putting it up anywhere I could (lockerand walls). I decided I would share it with ya'll. Maybe it'll inspire you also.


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 does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people
won't feel insecure about you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to 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