Fear

差出人 : XXX
送信日時 : 2004年11月11日 12:21:05
宛先 : matatobu@hotmail.com

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,gorgeous, handsome, talented and 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 were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; it is 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 fear, our presence automatically liberates others. "

Marianne Williamson from her book "A Return to Love"

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as i grow older, i don't know why, but i feel the impetus to be more open and honest abt my feelings w even more urgency perhaps this may be construed as naivety and unrealistic so be it because i honestly don't wish to deny myself, of my feelings and what nots i am, in a way, trying to pursue my own happiness
this reminds me of a little girl i read in a book who, after observing the adults around her, asked whether our conduct are driven by the impetus to be safe, or saved
i don't know if it's coz i've seen too little of the world and experienced too minute of what life has to offer to be well.. to embrace a healthy enough a dose of cynicism and sceptism to so called protect myself.
sometimes i think it's really because i've seen and experienced bits of how low humans can get- how callous, how utterly beastly even they people you know can be
wch is perhaps why i simply cling onto whatever faith and hope i can find towards life- for letting go wld merely throw me into an abyss of despair and meaningless rage when my energies can be better spent on other endeavours
perhaps others may find this being unrealistic and bordering on dogmatism- but there's nothing else i know to be than this

XXX