Posts Tagged: fear

3 ways to kick Fear to the curb

December 03, 2013

Yesterday, I conquered fear. Given a moment of confrontation, I didn’t allow the story inside my head to take over my day (it was only 7:30 am– it would’ve been a really looonnggg day if I obsessed over the single text message that overwhelmed me with fear). Saturday, I lost out to fear. Instead of dancing with a woman whom I love, I worried about how I’d look. I LOVE to dance; if you ever pass me on the highway, …

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Fear or Love? Which will it be? (pt. 2)

October 26, 2012

This post is a continuation of yesterday’s post. If you missed it, check here to catch up. As my freezing thawed out, I began to choose love and I began to choose myself. bell hooks states it well: “The choice to love is a choice to connect—to find ourselves in the other.” I found myself in several others, who were crucial to this thawing. 1. My Boresha family, who saw my light when I was in the depth of disaster and …

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Fear or Love? Which will it be? (pt. 1)

October 25, 2012

This post will take a bit to read. Plan accordingly.   Earlier this week a friend sent me an excerpt from a book. She wrote, “Hey M: God asked me to send the excerpt below to you!” and later, after I had thanked her, “This article popped up and I immediately got the strong feeling that I must send it to you!” The kicker, though, is the one line that leapt out at me, where it was discussing how to …

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