I
have waged this war against myself for many years.
It
was terrible.
But
now I am disarmed.
I
am no longer frightened of anything
because
love banishes fear.
I
am disarmed of the need to be right
and
to justify myself by disqualifying others.
I
am no longer on the defensive
holding
onto my riches.
I
just want to welcome and to share.
I
don't hold onto my ideas and projects.
If
someone shows me something better –
No,
I shouldn't say better but good –
I
accept them without any regrets.
What
is good, true and real is always for me the best.
That
is why I have no fear.
When
we are disarmed and dispossessed of self
If
we open our hearts to the God-Man
who
makes all things new
then
He takes away past hurts
and
reveals a new time
where
everything is possible.
Written
by Athenagoras, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 - 1972.
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