a quote worth quoting

Nelson Mandela as quoted in Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli (which could also be called my biography based solely on the title)

"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. 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 doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you."

wow - any thoughts?
j