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Ron,

Any chance you can provide a cite for your quote of Mandela? TIA.
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bob johnson
holbrook, ma usa            [log in to unmask]

Ron Vetter wrote:

>   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
>   frightens us.  We ask ourselves "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
>   talented and fabulous"?  Actually, who are we 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 manifest the glory of god that
is
>   within us.  It is not just in some of us; it is 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.
>
>   Nelson Mandela