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“Every choice is a renunciation. Indeed. Every choice is a thousand renunciations. To choose one thing is to turn one's back on many others.”

Book:The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality

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The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality

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Ronald Rolheiser

Ronald Rolheiser is a renowned writer, theologian, and spiritual leader. His work spans across various fields including religion, philosophy, psychology, and spirituality, and has been widely appreciated by readers around the world. more

“Pay close attention. Listen carefully. Let's look at what happens when fear is in charge. With fear in charge, you can never fully relax, let your guard down, be your true self. You can't open up because you are afraid of how people will respond if they were to meet the real you. When fear is in charge, you simply cannot take that chance. Fear will not allow honesty, fear despises spontaneity, and fear refuses to believe in you. Fear may mean well, but it ruins everything by overprotecting you, insisting that you stay hidden and keep a low profile, that your time is coming....sometime later. Fear is bold, but insists that you be timid. Take a chance and there will be hell to pay: fear will call on its dear friend, shame, to meet you on the other side of your risk taking, to tell you what you should not have done. Fear will trip you, tackle you, smother you, do whatever it takes to cause you to hesitate, to stop you. In this way fear is fearless.”

Life Fear Decision Choice

Book:Embracing Fear: How to Turn What Scares Us into Our Greatest Gift – Practical Tools for Understanding and Accepting Anxiety, Depression, and Procrastination

Source: Embracing Fear: How to Turn What Scares Us into Our Greatest Gift – Practical Tools for Understanding and Accepting Anxiety, Depression, and Procrastination

“May you know the path of light.”