Fear is an unwanted companion.
He has taught me to be safe and he has also taught me to stop growing.
At every moment of my experience with pain, fear is there teaching both lies and truth. In truth he reminds me how much I love this life. I never want to lose my life and more intimately I never want those I dearly love to leave this life. I cannot imagine life without my beloved Sandra. And the world would hold so much less pure love without my angelic Ashley.
As I face my fear, I have learned that in my most vulnerable moments, I am my most authentic.
When in the presence of pain or stress, it is easy to see everything as an opponent to be battled. Sometimes we see the light in the form of the cleaning lady entering your daughter's room in Intensive Care with a yellow flower in her hair and a sunny greeting in her voice. It is then we know, in every instance we have choice.
See the pain, see the stress
or see the blessing and feel the grace.
We must face the fear and move forward even as we tremble. We must feel this moment and know that this is only one moment in a great universe of truth. The truth that is filling us, moving us forward, infusing us with courage, so we can stand in the light of a greater, more loving truth.
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