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Tag Archives: Fear
Fear Not!
Yesterday the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico netted a cool $44.4 million at auction for one of their masterpieces, O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed. That more than doubled the amount ever paid for a work by a female artist, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Challenge, Flowers, Paintings, Quotes, Wisdom, Wonderings
Tagged Art, Doubt, Fear, Female artists, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paintings
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Let Me Through, I’m a Grandmother!
The gloomy Danish philosopher Kierkegaard wrote a book called Fear and Trembling, which I always meant to read, but never quite managed. No great loss, though: I always felt deep down that I could have written it myself. As a … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Etcetera, Personal Essay, Wisdom
Tagged Age and Aging, Confidence, Fear, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Transformation, Wisdom
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What are You Afraid of?
One of the blogs I regularly check out is John Weeren’s About Zen. A while back he posted a story that really opened my eyes wide — A zen student asked: “Can zen help you deal with fear?” The master said: … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Personal Essay, Quotes, Wisdom, Zen
Tagged Fear, Success, Wisdom, Zen
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Winter Solstice
A thought to ponder on the shortest day of the year: I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark, though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced. Henry David Thoreau, … Continue reading