How many fearful thoughts scroll across your mental Twitter feed each day?
My father asked me not to divulge parts of what I am about to tell you. However, at some point, I realized that my own feelings were not being respected in that process, and that I might be disrespecting your feelings. There are many things you should know.
A decade ago I couldn't buy a local sim card and had to use my South African GSM cellphone to make a call. Today, instead of paying roaming charges, I bought a sim card from MTN Ethiopia.
Equating Down syndrome with suffering, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach praises the "doctors who work tirelessly so that this disease can be purged and children came into the world healthy." Down syndrome is not a disease.
It isn't something of which most of us are aware, but we human beings are "marked" with a certain strange feature, and that is: We want to change.
When I finally let go and gave in to the universe, I started appreciating the little things that make a place far from home seem special.
My primary guide on my journey to self-love has been the metaphysical text "A Course in Miracles." The Course is a self-study curriculum emphasizing practical applications for relinquishing fear in all areas of life.
There is nothing wrong. We are all born perfect, beautiful, and unharmed. Your only job is to grow. Open up, let the sun shine down into you, and grow.
Your experience of any moment -- good or bad, calm or conflicted -- is a direct reflection of your understanding about it. This means that the only thing that frightens you about any event is what you've yet to understand about yourself.
I'm delighted to announce Becoming Fearless, a video series sponsored by Toyota that will explore the theme of fearlessness on a range of subjects, from parenting and work to relationships and love.
I guess you could say that I got this Becoming Fearless editor gig by making the study of fearlessness a lifetime habit ... People who haven't skydived sometimes ask me if that's the scariest thing I've ever done. Here's what I tell them: "No. That's just fear of dying. Fear of living is much, much scarier."
When fear monopolizes your passion for something, there is much to be said for finding the courage to get over yourself.
Whether or not there is such a thing as fate or soul mates, I'm not sure I'll ever know. But at the end of the day, I haven't given up hope. Maybe that makes me fearless, maybe it makes me a fool. But it's what gets me out of bed each morning.
You have to ask yourself: When the bomb goes off, are you going to run toward it, or away? I hope that I would have the courage to run toward the bomb. I also hope to never be in the situation where I have to find out.
I'm happy and relieved for my daughter, who will have a different experience than I. But a part of me is sad that I didn't have a wonderful father like she does, and my fear is that the chances of it happening are, as the days go on, getting slimmer.
I've opened up the question of what I really want to do with my life, and I start each day with hope instead of dread.
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