Ron, Any chance you can provide a cite for your quote of Mandela? TIA. ________________________________________ 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