Last night, while waiting for my laundry to finish I watched the movie "Akeelah and the Bee." It's about a brilliant younger girl from a poor Los Angeles School that enters the spelling bee. It's about her journey of dicovering who she is, healing from her past, and well...winning a spelling bee. In this movie- her spelling coach tells her to read a quote he has framed on his wall...The movie left part of it out, but I'm posting the full quote. After reading it several times, I've realized that it has truth to it, so read it yourself, and let me know your thoughts.
"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 you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. 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." -Marianne Williamson
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I believe that quote was on Coach Carter too..
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