“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.”
Marianne Williamson

So.

Every once in awhile you come across a quote that smacks you between the eyes as insightful, thoughtful and inspiring at exactly the same time.

Here you go.

Here is one.

(oh. and she said this quote not Nelson Mandela)

So often we think of personal fears as ones of insecurities or inadequacies or inability to cope with whatever it is life is asking us to cope with.

And, yet, the mirror image of that fear discussion is that we are more powerful than we imagine … and then what?

Okay.

The remainder of the quote/paragraph says something like this  …

“We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? 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.”

Now.

I will admit.

I am not a big “positive thinking” mantra proponent (you know … look in the mirror every morning and say “YOU – looking at yourself not the cat sitting on the counter – … are a winner” type stuff).

But this isn’t just about positive thinking.

This is rational truly insightful stuff.

I mean this is big personal question stuff.

This is sitting yourself down and setting aside insecurities and past relationship baggage and all the crap we seem to heap on our own shoulders (or life seemingly does) and ask ourselves “why do I fear power?” or maybe better said ‘more powerful in business … in meetings … in relationships … in friendships … in life … just add whatever you want here.”

She suggests each of us holds ourselves back not because of insecurities but fear of success.

In Bruce words … “uh oh, now that I have got ‘here’ what’s next? What the hell am I supposed to do now?” type of fear.

It is here that I typically throw in my traditional ‘get going’ and ‘moving forward in life means you are at least going somewhere’ but I am not this time.

Maybe because this quote really really made me think.

About me. About some good friends. Just about people I know.

This quote is about your character. About respect. About self truth.

So.

Maybe the point of showing everyone this quote isn’t any message I am gonna fork over but rather it is just the thought itself.

And maybe you will sit down and think about it.

Cause it is a really powerful thought. As, I would imagine, any time you asked yourself for the truth.

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Written by Bruce