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            Did you know that snakes are symbols of evil, fertility, healing, creativity, transformation, and more, depending on the culture or mythology? I love a symbol that can be interpreted any which way depending on your personal experience. I used the snake as fear. We all know what it feels like to be trapped by fear. 

There is a reason I have "Fear is the mind killer" tattooed on my arm. Because fear used to rule me. I kept myself in a cage because I thought I wasn't strong enough to face whatever sat outside it. I watched my world change when I realized the only thing sitting outside of fear was life. What stays in the cage is death. It is the would-be, could-be, should-be of what we would do if fear didn't hold us in. 

As Dune says (and you know I LIVE by Dune's principles): 
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

That doesn't mean fear doesn't have a place. It's a warning. Sometimes of actual danger, but more often about risk. Risk is not only danger, it is opportunity, and I think we'd all live a little more fully if we recognized the difference.

Taken on: September 2, 2020

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