Liberate yourself from fear

         "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented, and 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 manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people the permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

This quote is from Marianne Williamson's book A Return to Love. It is often misattributed to Nelson Mandella who used this quote in a speech. I first heard it in the film Akeelah and the Bee and fell in love with it. Be unfraid to be yourself, people insecure with themselves will try to make you shrink down to their level so that they can be equal to you, instead they should learn to raise themselves up. On the surface it may sound conceited, but insecurity and low self-worth are only imagined, if we are the best versions of ourselves we will see we are all equal in capability and existence.