7 Quotes on Courage, Facing Fear & Flying. {Video}
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Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
~ Douglas Adams
While I’m afraid scared sh*tless of flying in the literal sense, like on an airplane—hello Xanax—I strive to fly figuratively in life (and once in a while, I’m lucky enough to fly in my dreams).
Here’s a mix of quotes on facing fear, courage and flying—plus some amazing video of some insane humans soaring through the sky.
Do one thing every day that scares you. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
~ Jim Morrison
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
~ Maya Angelou
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.
~ Mark TwainI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
~ Nelson Mandela
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Lynn Hasselberger lives in Chicagoland with her son, husband and two cats. She loves sunrises, running, yoga, chocolate, reading and writing, and has a voracious appetite for comedy. The founder of myEARTH360.com, Lynn is also a marketing consultant and writes for her blogs I Count for myEARTH and LynnHasselberger.com. She's a treehugger and social media addict who you'll most likely find on twitter (@LynnHasselbrgr, @myEARTH360 and @IC4ME) and facebook. She hopes to make the world a better place, have more fun, re-develop her math skills and overcome her fear of public speaking. Like her writing? Subscribe to her posts.
Lynn ~ I'm terrified, too! I have to physically 'tap' the outside of the plane on my way into the cabin… a silly ritual that has most certainly kept me safe through the years. And, the Xanax helps, too
Guess it's worked so far, eh?! Thanks for checking out my post, Tara!
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