Feb 12, 2012

Dealing with Fear

"Your greatest gift lies beyond the door named fear." Sufis saying.

Several teachers say there is only fear and love.  Fear is the absence of love, and love is of God.  Dr. Dyer says that there is only God; nothing else is real.  So, does the above quote mean that we need to deal with illusions in order to have our greatest gift and to reach our own potential?  I think that might be true.  FDR said it as well, "The only thing to fear is fear itself."  The lesson keeps repeating.  We need to conquer our fear of fear, and that is the door through which the gifts of love and serenity abide.  As caregivers for someone with dementia, it sometimes seems there is much to fear:  how much longer do I have to do this?  how much longer will he be mobile?  how much longer before a facility is the answer?  what about my own health and well being during this caregiving?  will I survive this?

I suggest that such fears, while human, do not serve us.  Let us look fear in the face, and claim the love that is rightfully ours.  The love, that some say, is the only reality.

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