nelson mandela

When you are devoted to a cause or change you put aside all obstacles to make it happen. It is this that inspires Chris about Mandela. For all his undoubted flaws, he never waivered from his devotion to destroying apartheid no matter what the cost.

“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 are all meant to shine. 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.”