quotable quotes

This is a quote from the movie Akeelah and the Bee and I just wanted to share it with you guys cos I don’t think anybody’s gonna watch the movie. It’s a good movie but it isn’t a blockbuster and if I wasn’t held hostage by boredom on the plane, I probably would not have watched it. I thought about sending it to the rag people but I kinda figured it was too late cos by the time I landed it was like in the late night of Friday Singapore time so it would not have been useful. I think it illustrates one of my core beliefs in that nothing is as important as facing our fears and living our dreams.

"Our Deepest Fear"
by Marianne Williamson from "A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles"

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, 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 around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were 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.