Correction

A few minutes ago I was left a comment from an anonymous source. Not sure if they were trying to be passive aggressive or helpful. However, The quote that I posted and gave credit to Nelson Mandela for actually belongs to someone else. Apparently it is a fairly common error- the quote is often accredited to Mandela in his 1994 Inaugural speech. I did a little digging myself, even read his 1994 inaugural speech.

So basically, all this to say, the quote actually belongs to Marianne Williamson from her 1992 book, Return to Love. 

“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 is 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 are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Marianne Williamson