thread: 2006-09-08 : Ben on breaking tradition
On 2006-09-11, Sydney Freedberg wrote:
Rob: I remember once, getting myself all wound up in fear about something - family related, I'm pretty sure - and then coming to a sudden realisation: it's okay to be afraid. Suddenly, I was that little less fearful....fear, pain, badness and damge are pretty much going to happen no matter what you do; once you've acceopted it, you can start dealing with it.
YES! YES! YES!
My way past fear—my path through the valley of the shadow—is Jesus Christ. I strongly recommend it. Other great traditions have other paths; I suspect they're not quite so straight and well-marked, but they still get you through the valley in the end.
