Fear is strange. It settles on chests and seeps through skin, through layers of tissue, muscle, and bone and collects in a soul-sized black hole, sucking the joy out of life, the pleasure, the beauty. But not the hope. Somehow, the hope is the only thing resistant to the fear, and it is that hope that makes the next breath possible, the next step, the next tiny act of rebellion, even if that rebellion is simply staying alive. . Amy Harmon
About This Quote

In this quote, author Paulo Coelho is discussing fear and how to overcome it. When we feel afraid, we have a tendency to freeze up. We become paralyzed with fear and lose our ability to think. This fear paralyzes us and shuts down the ability to think clearly about a problem or a situation.

In order for us to overcome fear, we must imagine a place where fear does not exist. We must visualize a place where we can be safe from harm, from danger, from pain and from fear itself. This place becomes the sanctuary that allows us to see beyond our fears.

The goal is to realize that our ability to overcome fear lies within ourselves and that the only thing that separates us from facing our fears is our capacity to imagine a place where we are safe from harm.

Source: From Sand And Ash

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