No Fear: Collin's philosophy, followed by his example
"You don't understand my philosophy." He walked along beside of her.
She glanced up at him. "Your what?"
"No fear," he whispered.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"If I had given in and run like you'd wanted me to, then fear would have taken hold inside me." He shrugged. "Then it starts to grow until you're afraid of every little kid who comes up to you dressed like a gangster."
"Maybe you should be afraid of those little kids." She held her books tight against her chest.
He shook his head. "Once you're afraid of something, you attract it into your life. I know."
"Don't be stupid."
"Yeah, you try to avoid it," he explained. "And you try to get away from it, and because you're trying so hard, you're always concentrating on it, and the more you concentrate on it, the more you pull it into your life."
She looked at him and wondered what he had feared that had made him develope such an odd philosophy. He seemed to read her thoughts.
"When I was younger my mother kept threatening to leave us." He looked away from her then. "I was afraid she would. The fear became huge inside me. Every day I ran home from school. Every day I cleaned my room. All I could think of was her leaving. I tried everything I could to make her stay, and then she left. That's when I decided to stop being afraid."
~Daughters of the Moon Volume 3: Night Shade, Chapter Six, page 79
Conversation between Jimena Costello, Daughter with the power of Premonition, and Collin Killingsworth, brother of Serena (Daughter with power to Read Minds - not exactly telepathy though).
She glanced up at him. "Your what?"
"No fear," he whispered.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"If I had given in and run like you'd wanted me to, then fear would have taken hold inside me." He shrugged. "Then it starts to grow until you're afraid of every little kid who comes up to you dressed like a gangster."
"Maybe you should be afraid of those little kids." She held her books tight against her chest.
He shook his head. "Once you're afraid of something, you attract it into your life. I know."
"Don't be stupid."
"Yeah, you try to avoid it," he explained. "And you try to get away from it, and because you're trying so hard, you're always concentrating on it, and the more you concentrate on it, the more you pull it into your life."
She looked at him and wondered what he had feared that had made him develope such an odd philosophy. He seemed to read her thoughts.
"When I was younger my mother kept threatening to leave us." He looked away from her then. "I was afraid she would. The fear became huge inside me. Every day I ran home from school. Every day I cleaned my room. All I could think of was her leaving. I tried everything I could to make her stay, and then she left. That's when I decided to stop being afraid."
~Daughters of the Moon Volume 3: Night Shade, Chapter Six, page 79
Conversation between Jimena Costello, Daughter with the power of Premonition, and Collin Killingsworth, brother of Serena (Daughter with power to Read Minds - not exactly telepathy though).