Ambition Is Worth The Fear
I have a dream, a goal, an ambition. It’s the most important thing in the world to me, after my family. I want to have a book published. (I was about to write, “I want to be a published au...
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It Is My Birthday, I Fear: My “Scary” Age
I’m turning 33 today. 33 is my scary age. I don’t really know why this is, except that it’s the age Jesus was when he died. I know, that sounds ridiculous, like I’m somehow com...
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What’s The Opposite of Fear?
Many emotional states have polar opposites. Happy, unhappy. Excited, calm. Accepting, resisting. But what’s the opposite of fear? To my mind, these are the top contenders: Courage, Faith, Hope,...
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Child’s Fear, Parent’s Fear: A New Space
My good friend/cousin recently had a baby. Soon afterward, Edwin and I went to visit her and the baby at their house. Edwin has been there before, but not often. As soon as we got in the door, he was ...
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Little Steps Defeat Big Fears
Fear is a big, mysterious concept. We know it when we feel it, but we find it hard to explain where it comes from. (In that way, fear is a lot like bravery, another indefinable force that I wrote abou...
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July’s Mini-Series: Fear
I’ve been really happy with my new system of focusing on one topic, like a mini-series, for each month. So far, we’ve explored beauty in May, and parenting in June (in the past, there was...
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