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.Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.