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Hugh Prather Quotes about Fear

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I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not

I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown.

Hugh Prather
Betrayal, Fear, Mistake
Hugh Prather (1983). “Notes to Myself”, Bantam

It's not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don't think we are worth the effort to find the place of light.

Hugh Prather
Fear, Thinking, Light
Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.60, Bantam

Fears, indecision, and frustration feed on words. Without words they usually stop. . . . Words are at times good for looking back, but they are confining when I need to act in the present.

Hugh Prather
Fear, Frustration, Needs
Hugh Prather (1983). “Notes to Myself”, Bantam

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