Fear is the Path To…
I write the following with love, compassion and concern for all of us: Living will always be dangerous – every day we risk illness, injury, pain and heartbreak. Despite that we should make our decisions from a place of confidence and knowledge. We need to understand that we’re all vulnerable to manipulation and that it’s constant work to overcome it. Overcoming fear builds strength and it’s true: Strong people are harder to kill. Growing up I was largely influenced by my grandmother, who, rest her soul, was a level 10 worrier. While she was certainly an upbeat and positive person, she always seemed to experience low level, chronic anxiousness and fretfulnes Whether this is an genetic inheritance of mine or simply social exposure is unclear, but I’ve always battled a case of The Worry. I was a serious, bookish and contemplative child. I developed an internal monologue that led me…