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October 21, 2016February 9, 2023

love without fear

Do not fear love. 

Fear these unholy bargains:

your worth for their acceptance; 

your power for their approval; 

your truth for their stability.

So, love without fear, as whole.

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  • prose
    • brave blind
    • the wild
    • dear solitude
    • on the knife’s edge
    • a cup of tea with hope
    • love without fear
    • different
    • dry dock
    • again
    • reluctant destruction
    • did you know
    • empty fear
    • eclipse
    • blind virus
    • elements
    • entries
    • first love
    • how to entertain sadness
    • guidance
    • windows
    • i caught the moon
    • let the rains come
    • living trust
    • if you know
    • love in my way
    • mother of disappointment daughter of ideals
    • quiet healer
    • recognizing your deepest work
    • sacred burning
    • self love
    • sifting
    • silence
    • speak to us
    • strategic rest
    • stronger still
    • terrifying truth
    • the wound on my finger
    • the kindness of others
    • the treasonous free
    • tomorrow yesterday today
    • deeply productive
    • paint things blue
    • love without fear
    • when the light calls
    • where the sea runs backwards
    • why i do not trust happiness
    • be rare
    • after inside out
    • to my children
    • dear kiffie
  • center
    • love first and more
    • unprecedented bravery
  • quotes
    • pleasure
    • do not delay happiness
    • glass half
    • wisdom from the rodeo
    • the kindness of others
  • from others
    • tennessee williams
    • victor hugo
    • clint eastwood
    • jack gilbert
    • ernest hemingway
    • ralph waldo emerson
    • oscar wilde
    • saint francis de sales
    • alexandre dumas
    • paulo coelho
    • louis l’amour
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