PatStudio: A Celebration of Slowly Made Goods

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. 

 Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is not our light, but our darkness that most frightens us. 

from "Singing With A Full Voice"
Altered Art Book
2006

We ask ourselves, 

Who am I to be brilliant,

gorgeous,

talented, 

fabulous? 

Actually, who are you not to be? 

from "Singing With A Full Voice"
Altered Art Book

2006

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.”

-Marianne Williamson