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Karen Davis's avatar

Thank you so much for this - and for your courage. Many years ago I bought a little magnet that said "feel the fear and do it anyway" and was attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. I have struggled to open my heart most of my life and now I struggle with anxiety and fear.

Your post also made me think of my BIL's grandmother. What a delightful lady she was. Her husband was shot by an employee he had fired when she was pregnant with her second son. She must have been in her 20s. By the time I knew her she was probably about 70. It always struck me that she had such an open and light heart. She never remarried but she was never alone because everyone wanted to be around her. She found that courage somewhere. (and lived to be 97 before passing during the first year of the pandemic)

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Sheeby's avatar

Thank you for this...for reliving in print for us all you went through and continue to go through.

I had a poster in my office that said "Sometimes the fear won't go away, so you'll have to do it afraid".

I know if I had let my fear lead, I would not have had the wonderful experiences that I now treasure...and that make me "me".

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