"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 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 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're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
I remember this poem from one of my favourite movies of all time, Coach Carter (2005). The passage originally comes from Marianne William's book, A Return to Love. The poem gave me a new perspective on how I reflect myself. In a modest way, one never realise what can one do with one's abilities.
Quite often we underestimate ourselves. We are too afraid of taking big steps in life, because we believe that we're incapable to do so, thus it create a low self esteem. But little that we know that we have an amazing potential that allows us to do anything in this world. ERGO, we need to be more aware, we need to learn how treat ourselves differently and start giving credit to our own quality. We need to learn how to shine.
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 fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
