Fast Reflection #1: “The path to empowerment and liberation leads directly through fear.”

By Adam J. Pearson

Fast Reflections: Introduction

This post is the first in a series called “Fast Reflections.” In contrast to my longer, more in-depth articles, Fast Reflections are short, quick reads that present a single idea to consider. Their purpose is to inspire some contemplation when you only have a few minutes to invest, like on a coffee break or while waiting for the bus.

Fast Reflection #1: The path to empowerment and liberation leads directly through fear.

In the past few years, one thing has become very clear to me:

The path to empowerment and liberation leads directly through fear. Never away from fear, nor ever around it. Everything I am afraid of facing is exactly what I need to face if I want to find greater power and freedom within myself.

I don’t mean just simple phobias like spiders or falling off the top of a building when you’re standing on a rooftop either. I mean our deepest existential terrors, things like the fear of failing at life, of never being good enough, of being alone forever, of being abandoned by all, of death itself.

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