It is simple: avoid risks or risk it. Run away or go for it. Lecture or learn. Fear or love.
Risk Life or Preserve It
Unicellular bacteria have this wired into them. Hmm… nourishment, go after it! Hmm… poison, run away from it!
Risk or preserve life: the rule of all live creatures.
Frozen by Fear or Guided by Love?
We people show up in the tree of life with all shades of fear and a whole range of love. ∇
| Fear is a very strong, life-preserving feeling. Under the right circumstances, and speaking from experience, the sound of bullets can make you forget your loved ones and run for cover. | Love is very strong, too, but fear is stronger. |
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| Fear hurts. | Love doesn’t. |
| Fear hurts not only you, but those around you as well. | Love, on the other hand, uplifts me, you, and those around you. |
I prefer to be guided by love, not fear. I prefer the kind that leads with trust, the kind that tries to understand the feelings behind the words said. ∇
ENDNOTES
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But if somebody attacks me, I’ll defend my life.
