- Edgar Wallace
This photo was captured when my friends and my brothers went at Crocodile Park, Davao City, Philippines. When I first saw the snake, I was really scared to death. There were unpleasant thoughts that came into my mind when the caretaker was handling the snake and letting other people to touch it. At first, I didn’t dare to lay a hand on it. I was so afraid. Who wouldn’t? It is my first time to touch a snake or even the crocodile face to face. But then my colleagues and I found it so harmless when almost all the people in the park started to handle the tamed creature. So after a couple of minutes, I faced my fear and tried to stroke, feel the skinny and tamed animal. With confidence, check out photos for an unforgettable experience…
“Face your fear”… most of the common notions that we utter or say to ourselves or even an advice we give to the people whom we care whenever we or they encounters stumbling block and hardships in our lives. From here, we are trying to pull-up ourselves and face anything that we fear in order to commit justice and peace.
From the Bible itself the Lord God promised us not to be afraid, for He will always be with us.
Also, check some of my compiled quotes about fear.
"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark."
---- Francis Bacon
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear."
--- H.P. Lovecraft
What we fear comes to pass more speedily than what we hope."
---- Publilius Syrus - Moral Sayings (1st C B.C.)
"Why are we scared to die? Do any of us remember being scared when we were born?"
---- Trevor Kay
Courage is not the lack of fear but the ability to face it."
---- Lt. John B. Putnam Jr. (1921-1944)
"Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is."
---- German Proverb
"Being frightened is an experience you can't buy."
---- Anthony Price - Sion Crossing (1984)
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Dorothy Bernard
Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.
Frances Moore Lappe, O Magazine, May 2004
To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.
Peter McWilliams
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