Tag: Fear
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Quote of the Day 4 December 2013 – Opponent
“I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unnerving ease. It begins in […]
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Quote of the Day 29 October 2013 – Fear
“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” ? Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within Related articles Where Poems Come From, Part V: Discovery through process 21 Books That Will Teach You Something Important Tackling a Big Topic Writing […]
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Quote of the Day 17 September 2013
You don’t give up, you keep going straight, because through your practice you will inevitably confront yourself. This is how you refine your life, and at some point, by practicing in this way, you may realize that you’ve gone beyond even the most fearful place in your mind: fear of a nonexistent self. ~ Jakusho […]