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SlurpDog
05-09-2002, 10:20 AM
Vicki,

I think that quote is from a poem called "Our Deepest Fear"
by Marianne Williamson, published in "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 ourselvesm 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 were born to make maifest the glory of God that is with in us.
It is in everyone.
As we let our own Light shine we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.
As we liberate from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela also quoted that poem in his inagural 1994 address.

Am I close???

R_Palkovic
05-09-2002, 01:17 PM
SlurpDog, I was the first to post this under the title, "I WIN but not really" because the first person to actually find it was Oagt4 or something like that - it's quoted in my original new topic. If anyone should win, it's Oagt4, cause he found it first, but just forgot to put the new topic....

SlurpDog
05-09-2002, 02:10 PM
Your right, give credit where credit is due...
Oagt4 should be the winner.
Got so excited from the possibility from winning the photos, wasn't reading the other posts.

R_Palkovic
05-09-2002, 06:06 PM
Heh - it's all good. Hopefully Vicki will see these soon and let the winner know that he actually won!

bwana416
05-10-2002, 10:55 AM
Didn't Marianne Williamson also create the "Touched By An Angel" series?

-Ray http://www.area51metro.com/images/icons/smile.gif

[ May 10, 2002, 07:56 AM: Message edited by: bwana416 ]