Independence Day in the U.S. is the day that America declared its independence from a tyrannical government, but real independence took many longer, hard years of war. The sacrifice of tens of thousands of …
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You kill me, John. This is a brilliant way to incorporate the theme of the holiday. I shall declare my independence a day from tomorrow.
That’s an interesting and original idea. I was making fun of my claustrophobia deamon today when discussing how scary it would be to be stuck in a space shuttle out in space, or be stuck in a submarine.
I said, “I wonder what my claustrophobia deamon would choose if I was put on the spot [because I never know sometime wjhen it's going to appear and what rediculous roue of escape it's going to suggest to me] and asked to pick, on pain of death, to go in the space shuttle mission of the submarine mission?”
Obviously, if i declared independence and gave the deamon the boot I would be able to pick myself nased on which one sounds the most fun. Still, in some odd way, it would be kind of fun to see the little devil skirm at the above choice.
Although not everything I write is from direct experience, this entry very much is. Many times in my life, I’ve let fear rule the day, preventing me from taking chances, pursuing opportunities, or just trying something new. About twenty years ago, however, I had an epiphany of sorts — I wasn’t going to let fear dictate what I was or wasn’t going to do any more.
Since that time, I have not been perfect in adhering to this independence from fear, but I have been far better than I was in the first half of my life. And it was a very refreshing and invigorating experience to make that decision.
I hope others find the courage to do the same!
It’s taken me a long time, decades actually, but I’ve been trying as much as possible to adopt a ‘feal the fear and do it anyway’ attitude in the last few years. I’ve done all sorts of things that my brain/fears would have prevented me from doing before, and in fact it still tries pretty hard to stop me now sometimes, but I know once I’ve committed myself and there’s no turning back the fears just kind of accept the situation and give up. After all, when I say ‘fears’ it’s just part of me, so there’s no point in making me panic when I’m already on the plane (for example) in the air becausen it might put me in danger just by being afraid.
Late for the 4th, but in time for Bastille Day — a kick-in-the -pants post, 5 star. Fear strangles the life out of us – you are right. I’m joinng this revolution today.