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08/25/2011

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wansa

I have heard fear described as the "fight or flight" response. Perhaps we need fear in order to fly? And maybe the hesitance we feel is that we don't want to fight? I try to think of fear as part of the naturalness of who we are. Not good or bad but what we may need in the moment is provided. Amazing. Anyway, I enjoyed your musings about it.

wansa

Really like the blog, appreciate the share!

Maddi

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Maddi

I have heard fear described as the "fight or flight" response. Perhaps we need fear in order to fly? And maybe the hesitance we feel is that we don't want to fight? I try to think of fear as part of the naturalness of who we are. Not good or bad but what we may need in the moment is provided. Amazing. Anyway, I enjoyed your musings about it.

Maddi

I have heard that fear is a "fight or flight" response. So perhaps one could say fear is necessary if we want to fly. Maybe the hesitance is we don't want to have to "fight"? I experience fear as well, and try to see it as a useful and valuable response to life in the moment. Not bad or good, but part of what makes us who we are. I really enjoyed reading your musings about it.

Teresa

Thank you Marshall! and thank you for the book suggestions, I always need more for my reading list! please feel free to suggest more!

Marshall

Teresa: Great post. I experience this kind of fear frequently. I believe many others do as well. I think you are right that there is no "cure". But I do think that it can be overcome (at least most of the time).
May I suggest some reading that I found very helpful? Two books that I have found very insightful are "The War of Art" and "Do The Work", both by Steven Pressfield. They need to be read in that order to get full benefit. They are short and to the point.
Hope all is well with you.
Again, great post.
Marshall

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