tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post4954882362604474452..comments2023-11-02T05:29:57.954-04:00Comments on From the Heart: The Fear of Writing by Diana FlegalAndy Scheer, Hartline Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010440105558099014noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-60414918796306973672014-04-30T15:53:53.992-04:002014-04-30T15:53:53.992-04:00Yes Linda, I choose freedom any day!
David, I agr...Yes Linda, I choose freedom any day! <br />David, I agree- if you feel a check in your spirit, listen to it.<br />Sadly Marlene, you are right. I think the world would be a different place if believers were free rather than all bound up and paralyzed by fear. Who knows what wonderful inventions might have been presented to the world, cures for disease or books written.Diana Flegalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373354354968232390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-51443330351271017222014-04-30T14:47:14.772-04:002014-04-30T14:47:14.772-04:00Fear like criticism can be tolerated and become da...Fear like criticism can be tolerated and become damaging or be challenged and used as a springboard for improvement. I suffered fear about writing professionally for years and would be further along in my career aspirations had I been brave enough to pursue it earlier. It's perfectly natural to lack confidence and be stagnated by fear but it's better to follow and trust God's choice when He called you to step out and do something. Once again, for those of us walking with Christ, it boils down to trusting God in His will for our lives and letting go of the natural fear we've accumulated from the world. Fear can be beneficial. It gives us the flight or fight instinct of survival so don't sell it short. However, it's woefully misplaced when we fear unnecessarily about what the Father already has under control. As a writer I always have a modicum of angst about my work and think I always will but it's not a crippling fear. Sadly we live in a society where crippling fear of all kinds of things is epidemic. Marlene/Novelladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159928965340764077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-25519246168800443422014-04-30T14:23:26.012-04:002014-04-30T14:23:26.012-04:00I would add that a healthy dose of caution (fear, ...I would add that a healthy dose of caution (fear, if you will) can nudge us away from writing something reckless or too edgy, or including a cherished tidbit that, deep down, we know will cause more consternation than blessings. I imagine the vilified Donald Sterling wishes he could take back his very ill-chosen words . . . but now they're out there for good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13326648999211376711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-17460830435408669632014-04-30T09:43:08.185-04:002014-04-30T09:43:08.185-04:00Love this post! I liked the comment, get into your...Love this post! I liked the comment, get into your fear. I think when you're part of something, it can't control you. Love it!Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.com