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Stories

We tell stories to know each other so that we will not fear each other. Hear each others stories so we can trust one another. ~ Wendall Barry

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Turning Fear Into Faith

‘I love doing preposterous things,’ he replied. “Why, I don’t know anything more exhilarating and delightful than turning weakness into strength, and fear into faith, and that which has been marred into perfection.” ~ Excerpt from “Hinds Feet on High … Continue reading

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We Wait

We wait to be told what we don’t want to hear, whatever the outcome prognosis is fear. We wait to be told what we need to do believing what experts say must be true. Then we wait for those experts … Continue reading

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Just Do It

Start a huge, foolish project like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference what people think of you. ~Rumi

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Don’t Fence Me In

The primroses are blue I would be too living in fear of being eaten by deer. ©2018 Sharron R. McMillan

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My Eyes

Fear is not the basis for my negative reaction, not completely. It is the unfairness of an only option that is invasive, uncertain and painful. While technology invents artificial intelligence to drive cars, fly airplanes and grow babies, a needle … Continue reading

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Perfectionism

Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. ~ Dr. David M. Burns

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Courage

Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.   ~ Joyce Meyer

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Free Fall

Afraid f-r-a-y-e-d frayed by fear frayed by fear of failure frayed – fear – failure. Freed from frayed failure. Fly from frayed failure. Free f a l l FEARLESSLY. ©Sharron R. McMillan

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Alone On An Island

Alone on an island, fighting the tide. Knowing that no one heard when I cried. Yelling into the wind, anger and hurt, tracing my silent fears toes in the dirt. ©1985 Sharron R. McMillan

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