The following quote is an excerpt from the 1992 book, "Return to Love", written by Marianne Williamson, an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer.  After reviewing the excerpt, write an essay which relates the quote to your personal pursuit of a college degree and your life’s ambitions.

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, 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 enlightening in shrinking

  So that other people

  Won't feel insecure around you.

  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.