Mother's Day

This is a poem that a woman who was amazingly influential in my life, used to quote to me. I heard it today for the first time in...well...a long time. I thought I would share it in honor of Mother's Day, because I don't think that mother's day is just for the women who gave us life, it's also for the ones who help shape our lives.


Our Deepest Fear
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 and fabulous?
Actually who are we 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 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 when 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

What pieces of wisdom have the women before you, left you with?