Tag: Fear
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Unknowing Yourself
I had never thought about ‘unknowing yourself’ as part of the process of getting to know yourself – or even more important being more yourself. It is a concept that I heard from Lori Gottlieb. She says, “But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go…
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Spiritual Abuse
Living in Fear – that could be another title for this post. I first heard about Spiritual Abuse when I was in grad school. One of my professors was doing some pretty good work on Spiritual Abuse. I heard a talk yesterday about growing up in an environment of fear…
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To Not Care What People Think
……is not an easy thing to do. But just like anything else, the more you do, the better you become at it. It’s a pretty natural thing to have opinions about others so it’s natural that people might have opinions about you. But to get to the point where you…
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Education and Fear
I have been reading Seth Godin’s Stop Stealing Dreams. Click here to get it for yourself. I think it’ll be inspiration for a few more blog posts. He highlights how our educational system is built to prey upon our fears. What we have fundamentally done is created students that are afraid…
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Fear and Identity
I had a conversation yesterday about this idea. We were talking about just the news of the week, and the comment that ended the conversation was Fear Sells. I read this morning in Seth Godin’s blog, and he has written about Fear, scarcity and value. He says that we avoid…
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The Wisdom of the Hairs on the Back of your Neck
You know what I’m talking about. They are some of the smartest parts of your whole body. When you are walking down the street – and you happen to see a alley – the Hairs on the Back of your Neck will tell you to not go down that alley.…
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Irrational Fears
I had an incredible conversation today with a 12 year old about Irrational Fears. It was an interesting conversation as this 12 year old was able to first, articulate that she had a rational fear, and then second, that she was willing to accept it. We have as part of…
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Fear and Faith
So I heard a preacher tonight talk about fear and faith. His description of the two was so simple yet so profound – to me at least. He said that fear is not being able to see the future but believing that it will happen. He also said that faith…
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Embrace Fear
That’s what Dean Potter said. He’s one of the best climbers in the world. He is also an incredible base jumper. He’s an amazing athlete. What he has done is he has taken his climbing to a whole new level – doing things that no one else is doing. He…
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The Opposite of Love
I was listening to a sermon this week, and the preacher said that the opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is fear. Well, for those that are followers of Jesus – the opposite of love is fear. 1 John 4:18 says – There is no fear…
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Fear and Faith
There is a relationship between fear and faith. If you have fear, you don’t have faith and interestingly enough, if you have faith, there is no fear. Fear leads to paralysis. Fear leads to inactivity. Fear leads to sitting around and not taking a chance because of the fear of…
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