“Fear is a universal experience. Even the smallest insect feels it. We wade in the tidal pools and put our finger near the soft, open bodies of sea anemones and they close up. Everything spontaneously does that. It’s not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share....So the next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.”
--Pema Chodron
What beautiful words and an even more beautiful photo to go with it! Wow :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I love that photo, too. That little spider just popped over the edge while I was photographing the flower and just as quickly disappeared again.
ReplyDeleteAnd fear--there is so much that can be said about it. I'm sure I'll revisit this topic again in future posts.