pretty thoughts – our deepest fear…
what’s the 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, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?”
who said it?
Marianne Williamson
who is she?
Author, Spiritual Activist, Lecturer
pretty thoughts
one of the best things ever written for girls.
jenna
this is krissie’s favorite ever. i can see how much this gives her confidence, and i wish i could put this deep inside the head of every girl that’s ever felt the need to hide her greatness because someone else needed her to stay down.
krissie
a friend gave this to me printed out on a pretty piece of paper and i felt like it was what someone needed to say to me my whole life. i grew up being a victim of people who needed me to be “small”. it made me super shy and scared. i let people make me afraid to be myself, and afraid to “too beautiful” or “too confident” or “too amazing”, because when i let myself shine, they would end up doing awful things to me to hold me back because they were too insecure. when i read this, i felt like i finally had permission to find myself and let myself be worthy of being amazing.
cameron
to me, this is something girls should hold onto when they feel criticized or judged by other girls. we get hated on sometimes because we’re so girlie and so “preppy” or “goodie two shoes” haha. but we are discovering ourselves the same as everyone else and we want to be excited about who we get to be in this life, and we want to be confident, and feel beautiful and worthy. we think every girl should get to feel that, and never have to apologize for it.
ashlee
i agree, it’s totally inspiring for not letting girl-on-girl jealousy get to you, but i also think every girl should remember this in relationships with boys. if a boy treats you bad, cheats on you, holds you back, talks down to you, abuses you… then he is insecure and you never have to play small to that insecurity. it’s not your job to make him feel “big” because you stay down. never settle for that… always know that you can walk away and be with people who love you and adore you for how amazing you are.
