Obra Maestra

“He stopped for a moment as a rush of wind came upon us, giving weight to his words. I shivered even though it wasn’t cold high upon this magnificent precipice he named Obra Maestra.

“Fear,” Johnny said as his eyes followed the flight of a red tail hawk towering above the valley below. “Fear is the opponent. It keeps the common man from soaring. The fear of broken dreams, failed attempts, unfulfilled expectations. Fear of missing out, being lied to, being invalidated. Fear of being insignificant, not measuring up, being left out and unlovable. Fear of being found out and the shame, guilt, and consequences of wrong decisions. Fear of what others think about us. Fear is insidious. But perfect love casts out all fear.”

- Golf’s Sacred Journey: The Sequel (7 More Days in Utopia), p. 62

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“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.” 

- 1 John 4:18 NIV