Our Fear
(M. Furqan Khan, Karachi)
"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 creature 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 were born to make and 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."