it’s a quaint idea from a quaint little historical figure. however, it misses the real point. fear is GOOD. fear is a positive force in life. every other animal on the planet lives in a state of fear from alertness to full terror and it keeps them alive. we obviously don’t have physical risk like most animals anymore, but we have as many or more complex emotional deaths to avoid daily and fear is the key to solving that problem.

doing away with fear is not the objective. understanding what the fear tells you about yourself and your ideas on life then challenging those ideas is the objective.

never take philosophical advice from someone whose greatest accomplishment was inaction (she stayed put on the bus, folks.).

temnafialkasinsandstorylines:

““I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does AWAY WITH FEAR.””

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ROSA PARKS