As October is Black History Month I'm going to have a weekly post celebrating it. We'll start off with this passage Nelson Mandela used in his inaugural address, written by Marianne Williamson. (Thank you Ali Mal.)
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.
We ask ourselves.
Who am I to be so brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually.
Who are we 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 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, within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela
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Hoping your light shines today x
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