“It's not that there is nothing real to fear-- it is that fear itself is not rationally based-- it's projecting into the future-- as irrational and projecting as hope, equally possible and impossible. But hope emboldens us and fear paralyzes us.” ReasonHopeFearCourageImpossibleFutureProjectionPossibleAfraid Not Afraid Author:Shellen Lubin
“It's easy to be afraid right now-- there is so much to be done. None of us can do it all, but we must each do what we can. And we must take care of ourselves in the process, our very human bodies and psyches, our comparatively little but beloved lives. Love gives us hope. Hope gives us courage.” LoveCareHopeFearCommunityCourageSelf CareAltruismAfraid Not Afraid Author:Shellen Lubin
“It's easy to be afraid right now, but doing things that scare you makes you stronger, makes fear less of an obstacle, allows us to find ways to dance in that liminal space-- that contradictory co-existing reality-- of afraid not afraid. We need to keep doing things that really scare us, to remind ourselves that it is just a thing, what we call fear-- and that as much as there are real things to fear, that thing itself is the only thing that can paralyze us. Love, passion, hunger, desire, lead us forward to dance with our fear so we can do it, yes, and also so we learn that we can do it again and again, and live with the failures-- learn from the failures-- when our fears are realized (another topic entirely). Take heart.” LoveHeartDesirePassionFearLearningStrengthHungerTriumphAfraid Not Afraid Author:Shellen Lubin