Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
我们最深的恐惧不是我们没有能力。我们最深的恐惧是我们的能力超出的界限。扪心自问,我们会成为一个怎么样的人,智者、名人、天才还是伟人?事实上,哪样你做不到呢?我们生来就是为了证明上帝赋予了我们荣光,而我们让自己发出光芒,在不知不觉中,也感染了他人。
全文是:南非总统 Nelson Mandella 在 1994 年发表就任演说
Our deeepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deeepest 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,telented,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 were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some od us; it is in everyone.
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 Rolihlahla Mandela