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Today's Inspiration

by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

The focus for today's inspiration is:

Love is the antidote to fear.

We can no longer let the “big, bad bullies” of this world terrorize us or control our lives. We can no longer be afraid.

There is only one antidote to fear: Love. It will take love to overcome the fundamental hatreds and self-righteous sense of superiority that reside in some hearts. Love wipes away the fear and brings the light of understanding, tolerance, acceptance, and embrace.

We can send our love energy out into the world so that it can enter still-misguided hearts. We can make a world not of terror and fear, but of serenity and hope, love and peace. "The whole world is a narrow bridge. The main thing is to not make yourself afraid." ~ Chasidic Rabbi Nachman - 1772-1810

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ADDITIONAL READING: For more reflections on this topic, read the InnerSelf.com article:

But... Why Are We Afraid?
Written by Rabbi Wayne Dosick

Read the article here.

 

This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of choosing love, not fear (today and every day)

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Today, we remember that love is the antidote to fear.

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RECOMMENDED READING:

BOOK: Radical Loving

Radical Loving: One God, One World, One People
by Wayne Dosick.

book cover: Radical Loving: One God, One World, One People by Wayne Dosick.For many of us, it feels as if our world is breaking apart. Long-held, comfortable beliefs are being shattered, and we face unprecedented questions and challenges. How do we heal the harsh divisions of class, race, religion, and cultures that plague us? How do we vanquish sexism, rigid fundamentalism, unabashed nationalism, senseless hatred, and violent terrorism? How do we save our precious planet from the threats to its very existence?

In this book is a bold, visionary, Spirit-filled blueprint for the redemption, transformation, and evolution of our emerging new world through radical loving and a day-to-day sense of the sacred. With age-old wisdom wrapped in contemporary garb, sweet, inspiring stories, keen insights, and gentle guidance, Radical Loving is a call to renewal and to Oneness?a promise that Earth can be Eden once again.

For more info and/or to order this book, click here

About The Author

Marie T. Russell is the founder of InnerSelf Magazine (founded 1985). She also produced and hosted a weekly South Florida radio broadcast, Inner Power, from 1992-1995 which focused on themes such as self-esteem, personal growth, and well-being. Her articles focus on transformation and reconnecting with our own inner source of joy and creativity.

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