Our Deepest Fear
Our Deepest Fear http://www.marianne.com 今天欣賞到一片與語言學相關的電影 “Akeelah and the Bee”, 其中的對白非常 的耳熟,原來在另一部電影”卡特教頭”中的Samuel,也是拿同樣的quotation問球員. 同樣的quotation會出現在不同的電影一定有過人之處,於是查了一下,結果這段話 是出自一位女士Marianne Williamson (班上同學有人誤解是哈佛大學第一位黑人PhD 所說). 以下是完整的 quote. 巧合的是似乎黑人較偏好引用這段勵志人心的話. from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles “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'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.” Coach Carter (電影卡特教頭中的對白) 與原來的內容有些出入… Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. *這段引文太有名連Mandela在他的演說中都一再引用而導致有人誤認為是Mandela 所說,以下是原作者特別標明於官網上.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
lt is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
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 were all meant to shine, as children do.
lt'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.
我們內心深處最深沉的恐懼不是我們能力不夠
而是其實我們遠比預期的還要更強而有力
我們展現的是光芒,而非黑影,這是最令我們恐懼的
你做事畏首畏尾,這其實並不能存活於這世上
世界上沒有人會表揚懦弱退縮的人
我們生來就是要發光發亮,就像初生之犢那般無所畏懼
具備發光發亮的人,不是只有少數人,而是每一個人皆如此
當我們讓自己發光發亮之際,我們潛意識地允許旁人也這麼發出光亮
當我們從內心的恐懼中解放出來時,我們的光芒同時也照亮並解放了他人。
Note about Nelson Mandela
This quote is often found on the Internet incorrectly credited to Nelson Mandela
From his Inauguration Speech, 1994, especially the last sentence of that quote,
“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
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