As the wise Yoda says, "Fear is the path to the
dark side.
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to
suffering."
Whenever we suffer, especially for long periods of
time, at first we believe it is because of something outside of us — something
we hate. And if we make it past that emotion, we find below that hate is a
rumble of anger, and certainly something we have held on to for far too long. But beneath all of that is always fear.
A fear of loss. A fear of vulnerability. A fear of
letting go.
If you can get to the point of acknowledging the fear,
you will see its lighthearted shadow, compassion. And you will be able to move
forward.
- Nicolas Cole (modified
by Amr Badran)
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