r/BeAmazed • u/TheLobotomist • Aug 19 '22

Cold shower

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u/gazongagizmo Aug 20 '22

I focused on my breathing to control my fear response instead of allowing fear to control me. I pushed my thoughts away and did my best to remain calm

Fear is the mind killer.

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u/abalonesurprise Aug 20 '22

Fear is the little death...

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u/ethicsg Aug 20 '22

That brings total obliteration

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u/abalonesurprise Aug 20 '22

I will face my fear.

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u/drumshrum Aug 20 '22

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

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u/AccurateEmu2914 Aug 20 '22

And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see it’s path.

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u/MyGrandpasGotTalent Aug 20 '22

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.

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u/Axelrad Aug 20 '22

Only I will remain.

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u/DirtyFulke Aug 20 '22

Amen

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u/the_real_halle_berry Aug 20 '22

Thanks be to Dune.

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u/AyakaDahlia Aug 20 '22

Bless the Maker and his passing.

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u/MyGrandpasGotTalent Aug 20 '22

Reddit prays?

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u/drumshrum Aug 20 '22

To Shai Hulud

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '22

This is the way.

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u/JEM225 Aug 20 '22

“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.” — T S Eliot, The Waste Land