“There are only a few people out there who can completely
overcome their fears,
and they all live in Tibet.”
Susan Cain
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most of us are afraid
not of everything
but of something
fear is our companion
every day
and perhaps every hour
it lurks in the corners of our soul
fear of failure
fear of loss
fear of poverty
fear of being hurt
fear of Muslims
fear of Christians
fear of parents
fear of bosses
the problem is that that we have fear
it is what we do with it
we focus on it
fuse with it
it becomes us
and we know the rest of the story
we get defensive
we get aggressive
we protect, and grasp
or perhaps we hide
retreating inward
narrowing our world
we either bully
or shrink
we can notice our fear
its OK
fear is part of the human experience
what cannot we give our energy to our fear
our energy must go into love
love of God
love of neighbor
even love of self
we must choose to love God
who then enables us to love ourselves
which then frees us to love others
and when loving is what we are about
what we choose to do
fear is cast out
think about it
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