{"id":12746,"date":"2009-04-03T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=12746"},"modified":"2011-08-02T02:10:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T06:10:26","slug":"april-quote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/april-quote\/","title":{"rendered":"April Quote"},"content":{"rendered":"
“Our <\/span>deepest fear<\/span><\/em> is not<\/strong><\/span> that we<\/em><\/span> are inadequate<\/span>. Our deepest<\/span> fear<\/em><\/strong> is that we<\/em><\/span> are powerful<\/em><\/span> beyond<\/strong> measure.<\/span> It is our light<\/span>, not our darkness<\/strong><\/span> that most<\/strong><\/span> frightens<\/span><\/em> us. We<\/strong> ask ourselves, who<\/span> am<\/em> I<\/em> <\/span>to be brilliant<\/strong>, gorgeous<\/em><\/span>, talented<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, fabulous?<\/em><\/span> Actually, who are you not<\/span><\/strong> to be? You<\/span><\/em> are a child<\/span><\/em> <\/strong>of God<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. You playing<\/em> small <\/span>does not<\/strong> serve<\/em><\/span> the world.<\/em><\/strong><\/span> There<\/span> is nothing<\/strong><\/span> enlightened <\/em><\/span>about shrinking<\/span><\/em><\/strong> so that other<\/strong> people<\/span> won’t feel<\/em><\/span> insecure around you<\/em>. We <\/span>are all meant to shine<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, as children<\/em> do. We <\/span>were born<\/em> to make manifest<\/span> the glory<\/em><\/span> of God<\/strong><\/span> that is within<\/em> us<\/strong>. It’s not<\/strong><\/span> just in some<\/em> of us<\/strong><\/span>; it’s in everyone<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. And as we<\/strong><\/span> let <\/em>our own light<\/strong><\/span> shine<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, we unconsciously<\/em><\/span> give<\/strong> other people permission<\/span><\/em> to do the same<\/span>. As we are liberated<\/span> from<\/span> our own<\/span> fear<\/em>, our<\/strong> presence<\/em> <\/span>automatically<\/em> <\/span>liberates<\/em><\/span><\/strong> others.” – Marianne Williamson<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adoption-catharsis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}