Practical Tips for Peaceful Living - Vol VI (Oct 17 thru Jan 18)

to answer Fear with LOVE …
(01/29/2018)
You will know fear, my Friends ... Indeed, you cannot escape it. No matter
how successful or how powerful or how beautiful or how wealthy or how
comfortable you become, fear will find always you, and uncertainty will rule
your days once more … And yet fear need not be your enemy (for if you make it
your enemy, it will always defeat you). No; fear can become a powerful ally; your
most powerful ally of all -- if (and only if) you choose to face it with Courage.
When you feel doubt, you can choose resolve;
When you feel uncertain, you can choose to leap with faith;
When you feel afraid; you can choose to be brave.
Yes, fear will find us all, my Friends, and yet we need not become a slave to
fear. When we are tempted to recoil in pain, we can stride forth to keep loving
anyway … When we are being persuaded to timidly “tow the line”, we can step
forth and show them all who we truly Are … When we would be chided to look
away from a beloved injustice or a commonplace travesty, we can stand forth
with an open Heart & a raised fist and boldly shout “No More!”
For it is these moments that make our lives worth living, my Friends. so
avoid letting them passed unused. Face your fear, embrace your fear, and then
leap right into its fanged face … It may seem vicious & indomitable at first,
and yet in the end -- once you act accordingly -- fear is no match for You.
"I must not fear ... Fear is
the mind-killer. Fear is the
little-death that brings total
obliteration ... I will face my
fear. I will permit it to pass
over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I
will turn the inner eye to see
its path ... Where the fear
has gone there will be
nothing ... Only I will
remain." ~ Frank Herbert
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