Do Not Be Afraid (Monday Moment ep. 421)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when [adults] are afraid of the light." - Plato

Many people send out Christmas cards this time of year. These cards typically feature pictures of smiling kids, happy couples, cute dogs, new homes. Many cards include images of beautiful Christmas trees, Santa leaving gifts, Snoopy driving sleighs, or nativity scenes.

But several years ago, it was a seemingly bland card, with a seemingly odd message, that most deeply moved me. On a plain blue card weren’t pictures, images, families or snowflakes, but four words.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired Christmas Week Edition podcast with John O'Leary.
0:16.6	I record these on the front side of each week so you and I can begin our days and our weeks in awe
0:22.1	and on fire with a burst of inspiration. Why not begin today with a little Plato? No, not
0:30.0	Plato. That's at home. My kids are playing with that right now. Plato. Here we go. Plato says
0:35.8	this. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark.
0:41.4	The real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light.
0:47.1	Many people this time of years send out Christmas cards.
0:51.7	These cards typically feature pictures of smiling kids, happy couples,
0:56.9	cute little puppy dogs, maybe new homes. Many of the cards include images of beautiful
1:02.4	Christmas trees, Santa leaving gifts, Snoopy driving sleighs, or maybe nativity scenes.
1:09.9	But several years ago, it was a seemingly bland card with a
1:13.9	seemingly odd message that most deeply moved me. On a plain blue card weren't pictures of images
1:23.5	or families or snowflakes or sleays, but four simple words.
1:30.4	Do not be afraid.
1:35.3	Do not be afraid.
1:37.7	It seemed like a strange message for the holiday season.
1:40.5	Do not be afraid.
1:42.1	Why lead with a message of fear around the holidays? Why not send
1:46.7	pictures of puppy dogs and snowflakes and Santa Claus and kids looking just perfect on the beach?
1:52.3	Kind of a dark message to send out, right? And then I remembered the first words that Mary heard
1:58.7	from the angel. Here they were. do not be afraid. And the first four
2:04.3	words heard by Joseph in a dream, do not be afraid. And the first words a bunch of shepherds heard
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