I have to disarm
I have fought this war. For many years.
It was terrible. But now I am disarmed.
I fear nothing,
because “love chases out fear”
I am disarmed from the will to win,
And justifying myself at the expense of others
I am no longer on guard,
jealously holding on to my wealth.
I welcome and share. I am not especially attached to my ideas or projects.
If others have better things to propose,
I accept them willingly…
Whatever is good, true, real, wherever it is,
It is always better for me.
So I am no longer afraid.
When you have nothing
You are not afraid any more
“Who can separate us from the love of Christ?”…
If we disarm, I we divest ourselves of everything,
If we open ourselves to the God-man
Who renews all things,
Then he will wipe out our wicked past
And restore to us a new era where everything is possible.
Ecumenical Patriarch Ahenagoras I
Atenagora Chiesa ortodossa e futuro ecumenico
Morcelliana, Brescia 1995, pp. 209-211