Our deepest fear

"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's 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're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles", Harper Collins, 1992. From Chapter 7, Section 3])

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I actually got this from one of my teachers and I really liked the message that is conveyed in it. It is true, we are afraid of our light because we've been living in the dark for so long. Generation to generation, it has always been our mind set and that was the problem. It's nice to know that we are something of worth and that is showed through Jesus Christ. He had made a great change in history and to anyone eventually.
He showed us that we are loved by God himself and we are His children. So if we are His children and we accepted Jesus as our personal Lord and Saviour, then we should know that we have the  power beyond measure and we are the light of the world.