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title: ▍Our Deepest Fear
created: 2026-02-06T16:45:42
modified: 2026-02-20T20:06:22
category: Poem
author: Marianne Williamson
url: https://www.google.com/search?q=Our+Deepest+Fear+Marianne+Williamson
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> Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
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> Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
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> It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
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> We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
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> Actually, who are you not to be?
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> You are a child of God.
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> Your playing small does not serve the world.
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> There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
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> We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
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> It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
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> And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
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> As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.