Ὁ μεγαλύτερος φόβος μας

«Ὁ μεγαλύτερος φόβος μας δὲν εἶναι μήπως εἴμαστε ἀνεπαρκεῖς. Ὁ μεγαλύτερος φόβος μας εἶναι μήπως εἴμαστε ἀπεριόριστα δυνατοί. Τὸ φῶς μας καὶ ὄχι τὸ σκοτάδι μας, μᾶς φοβίζει πιὸ πολὺ ἀπὸ ὅλα. Ἀναρωτιόμαστε: «Ποιὸς εἶμαι ἐγὼ τελικὰ ποὺ θέλω νὰ εἶμαι τόσο λαμπερός»; Γιατί ἐσὺ τί εἶσαι; Εἶσαι καὶ σὺ ἕνα παιδὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ. Δὲν ὠφελεῖς μὲ τίποτα τὸν κόσμο μὲ τὸ νὰ γίνεσαι μικρός. Τὸ νὰ γίνεσαι μικρὸς μόνο καὶ μόνο γιὰ νὰ μὴ νιώθουν οἱ ἄλλοι ἀνασφαλεῖς γύρω σου, δὲν εἶναι καθόλου λαμπερό. Γεννηθήκαμε γιὰ νὰ δηλώσουμε τὴ δόξα τοῦ Θεοῦ ποὺ ὑπάρχει μέσα μας. Δὲν ὑπάρχει σὲ ὁρισμένους ἀπὸ ἐμᾶς ἀλλὰ σὲ ὅλους μας. Καὶ ἂν ἀφήσουμε τὸ φῶς μας νὰ λάμψει, ἐπιτρέπουμε ἔτσι ἀσυναίσθητα καὶ στοὺς ἄλλους νὰ τὸ κάνουν. Ὅταν ἀπελευθερωθοῦμε ἀπὸ τὸν δικό μας φόβο, ἡ ὕπαρξή μας ἀπελευθερώνει αὐτόματα καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους»

“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.”