Having enjoyed a sweet delicious taste,
And having sometimes tasted what is bitter,
Do not greedily enjoy the sweet taste,
Do not feel aversion toward the bitter.
When touched by pleasant contact, do not be enthralled,
Do not tremble when touched by pain.
Look evenly on both the pleasant and painful,
Not drawn or repelled by anything.
-Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"
WORRY/FEAR
"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams.
Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.
Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,
but with what it is still possible for you to do."
-- Pope John XXIII
"The fear is worse than the pain."
-- Shannon Bahr
"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
The fearful are caught as often as the bold."
-- Helen Keller
"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile initially scared me to death."
-- Betty Bender