It’s an essential part of maturing, putting fear aside, because if there’s anything that cripples us it is fear. In some ways I think it’s the essential evil because it is the root of so many others. We don’t take jobs we would love because we are afraid to try something new. We don’t move to another city or end a bad relationship because fear smothers adventure and self-interest. We hate new immigrants, people of different backgrounds and races, those with opposing views, because we are afraid, afraid to find out that we are not special, chosen, dominant, right. All great despots play on the
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