"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. 

It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?" Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. 

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. 

And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

-- Nelson Mandela

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FEAR
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Fear has gotten a bad name.

To say that one is afraid is like admitting a guilty pleasure,

To dare succumb to fear is admit that one is of a lesser order than those who don't.

Fear is seen as the enemy and fear is seen as the feeling that must be destroyed.

However fear is just like any other emotion, it serves a purpose.

In fact, fear is the most important of all emotions because it is the first half of self-preservation.

Without fear, the human race could never have survived.

Fear is also superior to other emotions in that it's instinctual, unlike most other emotions we feel it for apparently no reason, but more often than not, the reason introduces itself in a prompt fashion.

Fear operates on that gut level that no one can explain but everyone know it exists and everyone knows it's real.

Fear is an important but over used emotion,

Just look around you and you’ll see that the world lives in a continual state of fear.

People fear for many reasons but in my experience, they are more likely to listen to society and fear someone who is 'different'  because they don't understand them.

People, should quit being afraid of people due to their appearance.

Those without fear die young, as they should.

For those who are stupid enough to ignore what nature has given them will certainly meet their end.

That's not to say that one should cower before fear like some frightened mouse.

People who do that may live long lives but they will certainly be empty lives.

However, one needs to use fear to their advantage, heed the warning and move forward with caution.

Usually an awareness of fear and an acknowledgement of its accuracy is all that one needs to avoid a bad situation.

However, despite the good fear bring to us, the many ways it saves us and the many ways we can use it, it will always be considered a bad thing.

I for one see it as nature in action.

If an animal flees at the sound of a shotgun blast, a human should feel no worse for doing the same.

So rather than condemning fear, let's use it like we would any other emotion, for the betterment and the prolonging of our lives.

Because if we don't, then we WILL have something to fear.

 
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