Koi fish in my tiny little pond

For those who think they are not pretty enough, or talented enough
or smart enough....pick your poison. You are powerful beyond measure
as you will find out:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is light that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so
that other people won't feel insecure around you.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence
automatically liberates others.

excerpted from "Our Deepest Fears" by Nelson Mandela