| | Interesting quote, Barbara, but I don't have the same gooseflesh response that others do. When I reflect on the idea of a deepest fear, what I come up with is the scary thought that I won't be able to write all the essays and make all the music that I want to create before I die. The only antidote I've found for this fear is to be really deeply present to all my creative endeavors, to make each one of them count -- each email, each jazz solo, each warmup exercise, etc. (And, it goes without say, to be really there for my wife and children and friends, as well, and not off on Cloud 9!) In that way, I will be more likely to "die with my boots on," so to speak. (I'm fascinated by the fact that George Washington was reported to have been taking his pulse when he died.)
Roger Bissell
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. 
