Try to be less afraid.
That was one of my not-great-at-resolutions resolution, and so far, in 2012, it’s 20 percent working.
The trying part—one of the five words—that I’m, well, trying.
The fear is still there, the thrum and tightening and clench, and in some cases the attempt to release it has only resulted in more fear.
Still, I am remembering one of my old mantras—No way out but through—which, along with Breathe, might just, eventually, lead to a lessening, a loosening.
It can be a hard thing to hang on and let go at the same time.
yes amor fati is easier said than done, hard to come to terms with the limits of our powers and the absurdities of life, we need a secular version of the serenity prayer, keep breathing!
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/giorgio-agamben/videos/eichmann-law-and-justice/