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APPLICATION
THE NOTION OF GROWTH
6- Be courageous - don't fear
And finally be courageous in your quest for higher stages of development. Fear is always only acquired. And most of the time it is entirely groundless.
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Sure, any conscious confrontation with situations whose outcome is uncertain and unforeseeable may cause initial fear or apprehension. Don't be afraid of this 'initial fear' itself. Don't permit your fears to run your life.
You cannot escape fear by avoiding situations you believe will produce fear. This merely directs this negative emotion towards other situations, persons or objects.
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Courageously confront your fears, realize how unnecessary they are, and then be free of them.
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Pericles Athenian admiral and statesman (495429 BC) effectively defended Athens against overwhelming outside aggression and brought about its highest bloom. He lived true to his words -
'Knoweth,
the secret of happiness is freedom, but the secret of freedom is courage.'
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