evidence: So what happened? How did I suddenly decide I was good enough to write about Nelson Mandela? Mmh... I'll go with "It just hit me under the shower" type of scenario for now and will tell you the details of it later. The very thing I have learned and will never forget from him is what he said during his inauguration speach in 1994. Words written by Marianne Williamson ( I know there is some debate about that but I will go with the easiest story here.) 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. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.