Monday Mantra 76

August 25, 2014

"For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged." - Alice Walker

Today's challenges to our emotional, spiritual, intellectual and physical freedom demand a deep inner commitment to this essential challenge: face each fear as it presents itself. Freedom to pursue personal truth asks us to face fear even when alone and lonely, for its own sake. When we do, it gives us the mind and heart-muscle to face the next, and the one after that. We become stronger in experience and resolve. In a life well led we face challenges, seeing them as an opportunity designed to assist us become the person we most want to be; the person we choose to be. ENGAGE the challenge and opportunity of personal freedom and become fearless.