"To avoid a fear emboldens it"
Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
”Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.”
Rudyard Kipling
“It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.”
A journey of fear.
Fear can immerse us so deeply that we cannot see anything beyond. The only way to escape fear is to go towards it and hold it up to the sun. Ignoring it, hiding it, fighting it, all serve to make fear stronger and give it more power.
The story we make about ourselves as a victim serves to mask our common humanity. The more we hurt, the more we fear hurt, the more we blame, shame and hurt others in futile attempts to show our strength. Paradoxically our strength comes from humility, acceptance and respecting all things.
Cheers
Jeanne
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