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18      TIME TO LIVE
                  YOUR DREAMS






        requires so much, and, of       If you are fearful in small or
        course, we might fail. The poet   big ways, think about this idea:    Over the last 105 years in the
        Frederick Seidel says it all with   embrace fear, because fear is a
        these lines:                  necessary component of huge           saddle, we’ve seen wars, conflicts,
                                      growth and positive change.            depression, recession, resistance,

        “Don’t cure me. Sickness                                            and revolutions. We’ve watched a
        is my me. My terror was       Fear is a goldmine for growth.        thousand hand-wringing pundits
        you’d set me free.”                                                 disappear in our rear view mirror.
                                      In his book, Shift Your Mind: Shift    But every time this country has
        We are like prisoners who have   the World, my friend and fellow    come out stronger than before….If
        been jailed for years. When we   coach Steve Chandler writes about
        are finally released, the new world   a newspaper ad that one of his   105 years have proved one
        around us is too overwhelming,   friends showed him. It’s an ad for   thing, it’s that fear sucks and it
        too intimidating. We want the   Harley Davidson, and the headline           doesn’t last long.
        comfort and safety of our metal   reads: “WE DON’T DO FEAR”.
        cot and confined spaces.        The ad also says this . . .
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