Last weekend I went to see Akeelah and the Bee with my nieces. What a great movie! If you like feel-good stories, I’d encourage you to go see this even if you don’t have a child escort :).

One of the inspirational parts of the movie is its (edited) use of a Marianne Williamson quote:

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? 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 are all meant to shine, as children do. 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 own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

I love this quote, and am planning to use it to try again to practice a regular habit of passage meditation (which I’ve mentioned before).

I’m also going to make a visual version to print up for my nieces. I’ll post it here when I’m finished.