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September 2009 
What would you whisper as a wish for the dawning year?
Posted on Jan 1st, 2009
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Pocahedron
Pocahedron
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for January 01, 2009:
Don't just exist. Live. Get up and live your life. Think, feel, love, all of these things that are so crucial- do it! Realize who you are and just how much you can accomplish (it is astonishing, I assure you)... and then do it. What kind of world would it be if everyone thought without excuses, if we loved without fear, if we felt without flinching? What kind of world would it be if we all lived our lives completely? What an amazing thing it would be.
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I think you have pretty much nailed the contrast we all live – living does mean feeling safe, but also feeling fear; my question for myself is: can I act and live even though I am afraid? Can I love and lose and love anyway? barbara
I thinka person hasto act despite fear and pain. Otherwise, it’s not really living- just stagnation.A certain amount of risk is necessary, or how would we learn? Sometimes, to me, the painof loss is worth what I gain in understanding, and fear only means that I’ve something left to lose. I never want to live without fear: that kind of emptiness is another kind of death.I just want to control the fear, rather than letting it control me.