Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

Consider: It is our fear that gives birth to all of our desires – the desire to be appreciated,
the desire to be affirmed, the desire to be safe, even the desire to be loved. And, if left
unchecked, it is these very desires that calcify over time – becoming our fervent faiths in
futures “better”, our tempered trusting of friends fickle, and our inflexible expectations of
loved ones less-then-perfect …
As long as we are living primarily for ourselves, it is these hollow hopes that inevitably
crumble, spilling our thoughts over & over again into vast vats filled with
disappointments past & present …
disappointments that quickly contract into frustration,
frustration that smoothly congeals into annoyance,
annoyance that steadily hardens into dislike,
dislike that repeatedly stiffens into anger,
and anger that finally crystallizes into enmity,
and enmity that lashes out in varied forms of violence; attacks of thought, word or deed
that always cause intense pain, lasting wounds, and even more fear; a renewed anxiety
that causes the same cycle of “dying before death” to begin in us anew.
And yet, as hopeless as this all sounds, there waits a ready remedy. No matter where you
happen to find yourself in the afore-mentioned sequence of fear & violence – no matter
whether you are afraid or hopeful or frustrated or disappointed or annoyed or angry, all it
takes is one act of selfless Kindness to shatter those shackles and free yourself to enjoy a
life of Power, Peace & Purpose. Just as fear is the source of all our suffering, it is
Kindness that is the remedy for that fear. Kindness is not only that most worth
celebrating … Kindness is the Celebration!
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure in death, but of succeeding while living at
things that don’t really matter.” ~ inspired by Francis Chan
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