Hellen Keller became blind before she was two from illness. In my perspective, her earthly illness became one of humanity's greatest gifts. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.There is nothing wrong with having strength. Perhaps there is nothing wrong with having fear. Maybe it is by having such fear, that we find the greatness of the strength given to us.
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I was just thinking that boldness and fear are not mutually exclusive. Maybe Helen meant the reluctant.
I will agree that lack of action leaves us equally exposed, perhaps even more.
My comment pertains to my thought that there will always be 'dangers'
that i can and cannot see. And exactly as you suggested, the two are not exclusive. It is the courage in belief that calls and beckons to action, despite human reluctancy.
I was marveling recently at how incapable of seeing every avenue I am. I mean that even in my own subjective existence I forget from one moment to the next what I am made of and what I am prone to or capable of. If I concentrate too much on my mind I forget I have a body, if I dwell on the body I forget I have a soul, etc. It's so strange that I should be so limited and yet too much to keep myself in mind all of the time.
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