Controversy is like a creeping mist at the entrance to a dark cave. It is no wonder we fear it, for who knows what sleeping horrors lie lurking within. But we must learn what the cave is hiding from us – otherwise, how will be ever be prepared when the horrors within wake up and crawl out to greet us?
Read MoreLet’s say we have a Master Blacksmith and her apprentice. She tells her apprentice to “move these iron rings from that part of the floor to this part of the floor.” And the apprentice does their task, happily and enthusiastically – they are grateful to be there, learning what they have a passion to learn.
They move these rings, and they move these rings, and they move these rings, and they…
Then they drop the ring on the floor, in disgust and defiance. “I will not move another damned ring!”
Read MoreFear is a tool. Courage is what we build with it, one step at a time.
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