From the library sidewalk

[valarltd]

"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, gorgeou, talented and 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 inseure around you. We were born to make 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 fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

--Nelson Mandela 1994