TO BE WILLING TO BE

I just read, and wonder if it is true: "All human evil comes from this: a man's being unable to sit still in a room." That by Blaise Pascal...who is s/he?

It got me thinking at any rate, and the thought occurs that all anxiety comes from resistance -- to our own thoughts? to our own projections? to our own negativity? All anxiety comes from resistance to our own fear.

Never fight fear...never give in to fear.

Aha, this must be what Fr. Richard Rohr means when he tells us to "hold the tension." To stay centered without being swamped by fear or fantasy.

Know fear as nothingness...as simply the impetus needed:

1. to get out of the way of a runaway train;
2. to move closer with patience in our heart to an irritating person;
3. to be willing to be wrong before our world;
4. to take responsibility for being right before our world;
5. to be willing to change our mind;
6. to welcome all things, thoughts, people that come into our mind-field;
7. to take a leap of faith;
8. to Be...for all our world and God to see.   

Thank You.