A wise man once said that the opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.
If that is the case, and I believe it is, fear isn’t the opposite of love either.
Fear is actually more closely related to love than you know.
It is an emotional response to the unknown and the uncontrollable.
Some shut down in the face of fear. They try to grab and hold tight until the storm passes.
Others open up.
They know that fear only comes when something is important to you. If it’s not important you would be indifferent, you see?
Fear means it is important to you and therefore can be a reliable indicator to head in that direction, to investigate, to be aware.
When something requires courage to do, don’t delay, don’t dilly dally - therein lies your passion and your purpose. Therein lies what is important and where your love dwells.
Go that way. Don't let fear stop you.
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ps. the top quote and the subject for this blog came from a cool book by Steven Pressfield which I just read: