Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.

Rainer Maria Rilke
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The idea that there are dragons in all of our lives is a common one. The idea is that we can’t see the dragons as they are pretending to be princesses. In his book, The Hero With a Thousand Faces , Joseph Campbell said, “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

Source: Letters To A Young Poet

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