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bluidkiti · 02-25-2025, 06:08 AM

February 25

The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave.

~James A. LaFond-Lewis

Fear plays a role in our lives in different ways. Many of us have been so conditioned to deny fear that we don't even know we are afraid and are, in fact, reacting to it. We may look back on a major life choice and realize we chose one job over another because of fear. Some of us can see in the rearview mirror that our controlling ways rise out of fear, not desire for power. The fact is that until we allow ourselves to know our fears, we will react impulsively to them and cannot respond bravely to them.

Our fears don't give us a license to control those around us. Our fears don't make our addictive escapes any less harmful. On this path, we seek to know our fears, to call them by name so we can be smart in dealing with them. Sometimes we may use our fear as wise guidance to avoid danger, and other times we may choose to bravely step into the circle of our fear and face it down because we do not want to be irrationally ruled by it.

Today, I will open my eyes to see my fears and then choose wiser, braver responses to them.

Today's reading is from the book Stepping Stones: More Daily Meditations for Men*

02-25-2025, 06:08 AM	#27
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,393	February 25 The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. ~James A. LaFond-Lewis Fear plays a role in our lives in different ways. Many of us have been so conditioned to deny fear that we don't even know we are afraid and are, in fact, reacting to it. We may look back on a major life choice and realize we chose one job over another because of fear. Some of us can see in the rearview mirror that our controlling ways rise out of fear, not desire for power. The fact is that until we allow ourselves to know our fears, we will react impulsively to them and cannot respond bravely to them. Our fears don't give us a license to control those around us. Our fears don't make our addictive escapes any less harmful. On this path, we seek to know our fears, to call them by name so we can be smart in dealing with them. Sometimes we may use our fear as wise guidance to avoid danger, and other times we may choose to bravely step into the circle of our fear and face it down because we do not want to be irrationally ruled by it. Today, I will open my eyes to see my fears and then choose wiser, braver responses to them. Today's reading is from the book Stepping Stones: More Daily Meditations for Men* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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