Fear Not?
/It’s pretty common to hear that fear is normal, even healthy. I’m not so sure. What if fear is like the pain a hot stove can produce? A call to pay attention, and to consider, and thus to act out of awareness?
Read MoreSeeing True™ is a moment of epiphany that is so pronounced that subsequent changes in direction or behavior are dramatically altered for the better. The Greeks called this “metanoia,” which means "change of mind," though it might translate better today as “a profound change of heart.” In the Seeing True framework, we focus on transformation as the desired result, and forgiveness and relationships as the spaces in which we practice.
It’s pretty common to hear that fear is normal, even healthy. I’m not so sure. What if fear is like the pain a hot stove can produce? A call to pay attention, and to consider, and thus to act out of awareness?
Read More"A young woman who considers me a teacher and mentor asked me last week how to hold up in the presence of so much disharmony in the world. She’s scared by gun violence, nuclear confrontation, global warming, and social and political strife. She’s also a dark-skinned woman and is afraid to travel outside the city of Atlanta. “There are people out there who hate me and want to hurt me,” she whispered."
Read MoreSeeing True is a framework and practice for living an engaged life through forgiveness.
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