Who am I NOT to be?

I discovered one of my favorite quotes watching Akeelah and the Bee. (If you haven't seen this movie yet, watch it and love it.) Laurence Fishburne plays a coach/mentor for the main character, Akeelah, played by Keke Palmer. Imagine his deep, soothing voice saying,

"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, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? 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

The biggest part of that whole paragraph that hits me the most is, "Your playing small does not serve the world."

The assumption is that we were made to serve others or something bigger than ourselves. How can I even begin to serve when my insecurities make me focus inwardly instead of outwardly? I am loving the idea that I don't lose if I fail, but that I lose if I don't ever try or take a risk. I don't want to play small and never even know what could have been if I had at least tried to play big.

So, seriously, Who am I NOT to be?