"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our greatest 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 fabulous, brilliant, talented, gorgeous? Actually, who are you not to be, you are a child of God and 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, like children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in every one of us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give people permission to do the same."
Nelson Mandela
PONDER...
As long as the light that we are shining is God's glory, I think we can shine all the way.
I used to hold back and shrink. I hated what others would say, how they wouldn't understand, and how they treated you weird if you were any better at anything, or at many things. Or if you were more privileged, or if you were just more dedicated. It was a harsh reality that shining sometimes means ppl hate you for it.
I compromised, and spiralled downward into a horrible mess.
Now, I will compromise no more. But ... just need to be careful. God's glory. Not my own...
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