Good morning. Several weeks ago I went to the SD Roots Music Festival and saw Odetta (among others) and at the beginning of her set she read a quote from Nelson Mandela that I liked very much. Of course afterwards, I couldn't remember it. This morning I stumbled upon it while looking for something else online, so I'm going to put it here:

" Our worse fears are not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are worthy 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…there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God 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."