"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? ... 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... 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 (A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles)
That's a powerful quote. I'm going to have to contemplate it for a while.
Yeah, when I read it initially, I got googsebumps as it make me really think about all excuses I'd told myself over the years which held me back. No more!