Our deepest fear

I've come across an excerpt a few years ago that Nelson Mandela used in his inaugaural speech and use it as my desktop and pasted on my wall above my PC at work. I've found that at times when I'm either starting something new, or finishing something off, I think of it or read it. Through the process of all the assignments and now with the last part of the thesis to be completed, I'm reading it a few times every day. I'd like to share it with you, fellow e-learners, because I believe that in some way, no matter what the situation is that we're in, it can apply to us.
So now, as we end of this module, try to remember the fear you felt (and yes, I think we all had some fears at the start of the MPhil last year) and those that still linger. However, think of it in the light of what we've acomplished here, we've created a place for 'our intellectual light to shine'


Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson from 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 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 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. 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 are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”


Annie signing off on this chapter.....or maybe it's a prologue to the next one! L