Tao of the Day: Insecurity and Fear

[burgunder]

Snagged from junoimelda:

Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that destroys absolutely. I will face my fear. I will allow it to pass over me and through me. When it has passed, I will look to see fear's path. Where it has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
- Dune, Frank Herbert
What words of wisdom comfort you when you are afraid

Comments

[erischild]

As much as I hate to show my almost unforgivably nerdy petticoats, I've actually used the Bene Gesserit litany against fear on more than one occasion. I remember that Dune was my favorite film when I was 7, and I read the books over and over. I don't think it's so much a magical incantation as an anchor and a focal point that brings about a certain mindset. I doubt it would have the same effect on someone who just now read the story for the first time, but I have a history and it seems to ground me enough to get my shit together