Hudson Valley

I WISH TO INITIATE THE HUDSON VALLEY REGION IN THE SPIRIT OF NELSON MANDELA’S MESSAGE TO HIS COUNTRY AND TO THE WORLD UPON HIS INAUGURATION IN 1994…

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,
To be 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 is nothing enlightened about
Shrinking so that others won’t
Feel insecure around you.

We are born to make manifest the glory of God
Within us.

It’s not just in some of us, it is in everyone.

And as we let our light shine;
We consciously give others
Permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

- Le’ Chaim!
Clayton Horsey