Comments on: Another fearless story http://kelleyeskridge.com/another-fearless-story/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:35:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: barbara sanchez http://kelleyeskridge.com/another-fearless-story/comment-page-1/#comment-29770 barbara sanchez Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:12:24 +0000 http://kelleyeskridge.com/?p=5000#comment-29770 Hope is one of my favorite subjects, I feel so ambivalent about it. I am an optimist, but kind of a skeptical optimist. Because I'm half Irish, I often say, "don't tempt the gods." Maybe this is just because I'm manic depressive and would like to believe denial is possible, even though I know in my insides it's not. But life is just such a pure pleasure sometimes, who couldn't have hope? Hope is one of my favorite subjects, I feel so ambivalent about it. I am an optimist, but kind of a skeptical optimist. Because I’m half Irish, I often say, “don’t tempt the gods.” Maybe this is just because I’m manic depressive and would like to believe denial is possible, even though I know in my insides it’s not. But life is just such a pure pleasure sometimes, who couldn’t have hope?

]]> By: Jennifer http://kelleyeskridge.com/another-fearless-story/comment-page-1/#comment-26027 Jennifer Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:07:37 +0000 http://kelleyeskridge.com/?p=5000#comment-26027 He does pack a lot into those very short 6 pages. It's a great message. That Fear.less site is awesome. My favorite part is the part you pulled out, but (no surprise) I would've included this part: <i><b>"Regardless of how dire things seem, it’s important to have hope. You need a belief that the current situation you’re in can improve somehow, even if you aren’t sure how."</b></i> This helps me clarify how I define these words for myself. <i>"just because you believe that outside your own logic and reason it’s possible in the world"</i> = hope <i>"and you’re going to fight for it"</i> = courage To me what he's saying is what hope is all about. And hope is not much good without the courage to act. And hope and courage have something to do with why we make some of the best choices we make. And for me the really tough choices often start with choosing to find hope. I'm guessing even <a href="http://kelleyeskridge.com/hope-and-hopelessness/" rel="nofollow">Tracy Goss</a> might agree with this line of his, <i>"If we try to control the end result too much, and we’re so worried about whether we’re going to make it, that’s paralyzing and we’re not going accomplish anything, and we’ll hate the journey. If you’re worried about the worst that can happen, imagine that the worst already happened."</i> <i>"Wishing you more joy, more love, more hope, less fear."</i> --Ditto. He does pack a lot into those very short 6 pages. It’s a great message. That Fear.less site is awesome.

My favorite part is the part you pulled out, but (no surprise) I would’ve included this part:
“Regardless of how dire things seem, it’s important to have hope. You need a belief that the current situation you’re in can improve somehow, even if you aren’t sure how.”

This helps me clarify how I define these words for myself.
“just because you believe that outside your own logic and reason it’s possible in the world” = hope
“and you’re going to fight for it” = courage

To me what he’s saying is what hope is all about.

And hope is not much good without the courage to act.

And hope and courage have something to do with why we make some of the best choices we make. And for me the really tough choices often start with choosing to find hope.

I’m guessing even Tracy Goss might agree with this line of his,
“If we try to control the end result too much, and we’re so worried about whether we’re going to make it, that’s paralyzing and we’re not going accomplish anything, and we’ll hate the journey. If you’re worried about the worst that can happen, imagine that the worst already happened.”

“Wishing you more joy, more love, more hope, less fear.”
–Ditto.

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