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A quote I was reminded of from a movie I saw today. The following is paraphrased from the original quote, which you can find below.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous."

Actually, who are you not to be?

We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same. "​
 
I haven't looked at it and haven't done research. I'm going to see if I can call it in the air.

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Nelson Mandella?

If I'm right, kudos to me. If I'm wrong, I've successfully made myself look like an imbecile and this post is spam. Woohoo!
 
I was reminded of it from Akeelah and the Bee, which is not a bad movie by the way. This shortened version is framed on Lawrence Fishburne's office wall in the film. He makes Akeelah read it out loud. Pretty good little actress if you ask me.

As near as I can tell, it was written by Marianne Williams in a book called A Return to Love, but it's fame is attributed to Nelson Mandela quoting it in his Inaugural speech. A few references I encountered say that his quoting it is a misconception.
 
Right, right. One "l" instead of two. *grumbles loudly*

I remember my fourth history submission from two years ago. The teacher thought she'd be clever and give me a 99.9%. My only mistake? I spelled it "Mandella". She wouldn't have cared, of course, execept that I had already pointed out two misspelled words on that test. I made such a fool of myself. @_@

It's okay, though, because I found three misspelled words on the following English submission.
 
I read this post yesterday morning and actually saw the movie last night. It was a good movie and that quote is quite profound. We tend to emphasize failure or "commonality" in todays society instead of excellence. The quest for "equality" has resulted in dragging people down to the lowest common denominator instead of giving everybody due respect.

Sorry...still waking up... <steps off soapbox />
 
The quest for "equality" has resulted in dragging people down to the lowest common denominator instead of giving everybody due respect
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That's because of public schools. It's emotionally crushing to accept the possibility that people who screw up are responsible for their own actions. It must always be society's fault if a kid takes drugs.

Come to think of it, it must be McDonald's fault if a lady pours coffee on her [censored]. It's the government's fault if I'm too stupid to get a job. Heaven forbid anyone be expected to behave decently and push their own path through life.
 
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.


We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous."

Actually, who are you not to be?

We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same. "
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If I could find the biggest smiley icon, I would post it right now. :D
I fully relate to this. I'm not being arrogant & I say this with the greatest humility, but
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
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I have seen what this can do & it literally terrifies the crap out of me. It is a curse I deny.
I also know that I am not inadequate, but sometimes "adequacy", "productivity" & "success" are only relative to specific situations & social interractions.
I need to get out of that attitude of "I am only as good as others deem me to be, even though I know better" and don't want to take the "I'm better than you" route either.
We also ask ourselves "Who are we, once our dreams & ideals have failed us & not through constant trying & applications"
"Who are we, to have trust & faith shattered constantly, ending up with either "learned helplessness" or "behavioural conditioning" like the proverbial "Pavlov's Dog.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
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I used to believe this for a very long time. I do not anymore & not through the lack of actually wanting not to.
I just don't know why there's so much suffering & bad stuff happening in God's "compassionate" universe.
I am very different to most people (not in an "individual" sense), but it is something that I have known for a very long time.
We tend to emphasize failure or "commonality" in todays society instead of excellence. The quest for "equality" has resulted in dragging people down to the lowest common denominator instead of giving everybody due respect.
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People tend to remember & emphasise the "bad" things that others do, rather than the good. By placing the crux on "failure" it only serves to make others feel "superior". However, excellence, or success is seen as an "ideal" or "expectation" it becomes a personal standard that many cannot achieve. This causes jealousy, bitterness, disappointment & regret.
Many cannot take responsibility for their actions, or it would be seen in a social context as "admitting to failure" this is also something that people, in general do not like to do.
It's hard enough to get them to admit they are wrong, harder still is for them admit they made a mistake & that somebody else may have been right.

My difference, is that I have always been an "objective observer" to the general antics of people. I watch them & study them, but I am in no way like them, even though I belong to the same species.

Here endeth my "essay" It's rather a "deep & meaningful" one, but may help others get to know me a little better 'round these parts. :D
I am the type who has absolutely nothing to hide.
 
When we don't succeed, it is easier to assume we're destined to fail than it is to admit that we could have done better.
 
Agreed, but also many times when we don't suceed, through constant attempts of "trying to get better" we start to wonder if there will ever come a day when we will. Some just go by many past experiences & say "to heck with it" & don't even bother to find out, because it would only be "wasting their time" again, as it has done so many times in the past.
Sometimes this "destined to fail" bit can be justified & i'm not being negative or pessimistic here.
Sometimes, it's just easier & less frustrating to simply "woos out".:D
 
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