EXPERIENCE has taught us that there are gifts in life that most of us do not
recognize as gifts. Sometimes we may
have to stretch it a bit to understand them as gifts.
The gift of fear
is the restoration of our capacity for wisdom and freedom.
By embracing our fears,
we gain the opportunity to notice what is life-destructive and what is
life-enhancing. Both avenues of investigation require risk.
Peck
says, in The Road Less Traveled,
“When We Extend Ourselves, Our Self
Enters New And Unfamiliar Territory. . .The Experience Of Change, Or
Unaccustomed Activity, Of Being On Unfamiliar Ground, Of Doing Things
Differently Is Frightening. . .Courage Is Not The Absence Of Fear. It Is The Making Of An Action In Spite Of The
Fear, The Moving Out Against The Resistance Engendered By Fear Into The Unknown
And Into The Future.”
Experience Has Taught Us – 175 Missing Pieces –
An Explorer’s Guide to Developing a Handbook
on Life
Available ... Amazon.ca
as eBook
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