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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 . . .