Nedan följer en av mina favoritdikter som jag ofta refererar till.Nu senast i veckans avsnitt 377. Jag har fetmarkerat de två stycken som sticker ut mest för mig.
Anledningen till att jag gillar den är att min upplevelse är att många - inkl. jag själv - många gånger kör den här Jante-grejen och spelar ett mindre spel än vad vi egentligen borde. Att vi är rädda att sticka ut. Att vi tror att sårbarhet är en svaghet, men glömmer bort att vi ser sårbarhet hos andra som en styrka.
“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, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”
PS. En allmänbildande anekdot är att den ofta tillskrivs till Nelson Mandela på den nivån att de själva har fått gå ut och säga att det inte är hans dikt.
Min favorit är Anthony Hopkins tolkning av Mario de Andrades dikt
“I know that I have less to live than I have lived. I feel like a child who was given a box of chocolates. He enjoys eating it, and when he sees that there is not much left, he starts to eat them with a special taste.
I have no time for endless lectures on public laws - nothing will change. And there is no desire to argue with fools who do not act according to their age. And there’s no time to battle the gray. I don’t attend meetings where egos are inflated and I can’t stand manipulators.
I am disturbed by envious people who try to vilify the most capable to grab their positions, talents and achievements. I have too little time to discuss headlines - my soul is in a hurry. Too few candies left in the box.
I’m interested in human people. People who laugh at their mistakes are those who are successful, who understand their calling and don’t hide from responsibility. Who defends human dignity and wants to be on the side of truth, justice, righteousness. This is what living is for.
I want to surround myself with people who know how to touch the hearts of others. Who, through the blows of fate, was able to rise and maintain the softness of the soul.
Yes, I hustle, I hustle to live with the intensity that only maturity can give. I’ll eat all the candy I have left - they’ll taste better than the ones I already ate.
My goal is to reach the end in harmony with myself, my loved ones and my conscience.
I thought I had two lives, but it turned out to be only one, and it needs to be lived with dignity.”
Jante-lagen och även dess motsats girighet/urspårat-ha-begär är Satan.
Vår verklighet på jorden har blivit att utanför vår comfort-zone blir det läskigt, men det är där vi med Guds vilja, blir till ljus och växer oss större än var vi var innan - och blir till en förebild för andra att göra detsamma.
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.
Att fortsätta skina som Guds barn, utan att låta Satan ta över ratten… I pray!
