Nelson Mandela

from the 1994 Inaugural Address

These comments, from South African President Nelson Mandela at the time of his inauguration in 1994, exemplify the life and work of Arnold Jackson, and he dedicated the last months of his life to alerting his friends and co-workers to these valuable words.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and 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's not just in some of us; it's 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 own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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