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How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. - Judy Blume, author
I don't see this as a useful truism for me. The course of my life has been determined by a lot of luck and circumstances, as well as how I handle my loves, hopes, opportunities, misfortunes, fortunes, etc. Fears are there, too, I suppose, but they definitely don't predominate.
 
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I’m thinking for me this is quite true. The meaning maybe to say most people make many life decisions based on some form of fear. Basically we may not reach our full potential because we allow fear to rule our decision making process ...I am guilty of this sometimes..but I get braver and more enlightened every day😊

Learning to recognize what the fear is, maybe this is the wisdom which allows me to grow stronger every day.

Some others are Fearless- they maybe are the very enlightened among us
 
From "Firefly"
A bloody excerpt.."you are what you do when it counts"
The only critic is the voice in our own head, which is echoing what our conscience is saying.
Shame,guilt anger and pride will surely follow unless there is the sociopathic bent to where nothing matters and this subject is moot.
 
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself - FDR
We have met the enemy and he is us - Walt Kelly
A lighthouse in a desert, brilliant but useless - Morgan Pyne (on Twitter)
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The original statement was "like a lighthouse in a bog" which is in use here since the '60's but I was afraid not many people would know what a bog is. Never heard of Morgan Pyne.
 
The original statement was "like a lighthouse in a bog" which is in use here since the '60's but I was afraid not many people would know what a bog is. Never heard of Morgan Pyne.
A bog is where The Hound of Baskerville lives, right?
Of course not - I have no idea who Morgan Pyne is either...but he has the quip on one of his Twitter posts :rolleyes:
 
A bog is where The Hound of Baskerville lives, right?
Of course not - I have no idea who Morgan Pyne is either...but he has the quip on one of his Twitter posts :rolleyes:

A bog is where you find peat (not Pete 😁 ) where we cut turf for the fire, found in Ireland, Scotland and other parts of Europe, and many other parts of the world too I'm sure, (just covering myself here)
 
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Ask FDR about this!!!:) (For those international pilgrim family members who may not be as familiar with American Presidents - Franklin D. Roosevelt)
 
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A bog is where The Hound of Baskerville lives, right?
Of course not - I have no idea who Morgan Pyne is either...but he has the quip on one of his Twitter posts :rolleyes:
In NZ "the bog" it is a alternate name for the toilet (bathroom for North Americans).

I was having visions of this blinding light swinging around every 30 seconds as I was trying to sit quietly and read my newspaper! 🦄💐
 
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F.E.A.R. is an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real
To put things more seriously, Fear is real, and is there to keep us alive. The important thing is to distinguish between what we should be fearful of and take appropriate steps (giant nest of wasps in the back yard - they were definitely not my imagination) versus what we shouldn't fear (mouse in the cupboard - really its only a mouse).
 

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How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. - Judy Blume, author

You never thought you'd be alone
This far down the line
And I know what's been on your mind
You're afraid it's all been wasted time

The Eagles
 
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One of the biggest dangers that we have in Canada right now is the number of people (in Alberta, largely aged between 20 and 29) who are not afraid of COVID-19, so see no point in taking precautions against it. I agree with the Judy Blume quote about how we handle our fears, but the current danger is both to and from those who do not fear or refuse to acknowledge fear, and, having acknowledged it, to take sensible precautions.
 
but the current danger is both to and from those who do not fear or refuse to acknowledge fear, and, having acknowledged it, to take sensible precautions.
I would change your wording to "who do not fear or refuse to acknowledge the danger"

I think that one can acknowledge the danger of the Coronavirus without being overly fearful of it.
 
One of the biggest dangers that we have in Canada right now is the number of people (in Alberta, largely aged between 20 and 29) who are not afraid of COVID-19, so see no point in taking precautions against it. I agree with the Judy Blume quote about how we handle our fears, but the current danger is both to and from those who do not fear or refuse to acknowledge fear, and, having acknowledged it, to take sensible precautions.
I read yesterday that Covid seems to be causing hair loss in many people - I think people would be more afraid of losing their hair than of getting sick. It might make them more likely to take precautions.
 
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I would change your wording to "who do not fear or refuse to acknowledge the danger"

I think that one can acknowledge the danger of the Coronavirus without being overly fearful of it.
Well, I take fear to be a vital warning system for danger, although one cannot totally rely on it. I am afraid of heights, and of spiders, although I have known very little danger from either in my life. But I was somewhat surprised to find myself unphased by the close presence of a large bear on my last wilderness hike. I am reluctant to rely on the ability to recognise danger of the young people who are making the infection statistics rise in my province right now, and I would prefer that they return to the fear which kept them following safety precautions in the early stages of the pandemic. It is hard to continue to act as if one were in constant danger when all seems ordinary around us and we are no longer feeling afraid.
 
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This does not seem like a good message to help people cope with fears. Fear is an important emotion and should be respected and understood, not automatically denied!

Indeed, you are right. I guess this commonly quoted acronym is intended more for people who are irrationally fearful of things...
 

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