When the venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was once asked, “Why don’t more students attend your teachings.”

He thought for a while, and then he smiled, answering simply, “Because, there is great fear in becoming unmasked.”

Well now, isn’t that the truth?

I mean, how often have we failed to follow our ‘truth’ for fear that we *might* be rejected? So much so, that we tuck it away until our heart literally aches inside.

Are we so eager to impress, that we’ve forgotten the beautiful soul inside?

I wish I could remember who it was that said,

“You are only ever loved to the extent that you are known”.

Indeed, how can we ever feel loved for who we are – if we, ourselves, are too afraid to know?

It leaves me to wonder, how the caterpillar must have felt, when she finally had the courage to let it all go?

All that time, I’m sure, spent locked in worry – never realizing the ‘butterfly’ inside.

My darlings, our greatest potential exists in that moment – when we’ve courage enough to remove our ‘mask’ and realize the potential within.

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