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Well, I've designed another new icon for myself... a variation upon a design I saw recently involving a pentacle with a pentagram in the center. I made them both septagrams within an enclosing septagon instead of a circle, came up with a color scheme (One based on ROY G BIV for the seven points seemed fitting), and tied it in with a textured background to give it some further character. I rather like the way it turned out. The stag icon will remain my primary icon, however.
February 9th, 2004
I've seen this quote a hundred times before, from Dune. A lot of the time I dismiss it because of the fictitious source, or because of the cause that it is being used to promote. But tonight I've come to see that, in at least one interpretation, it might be true.
"Fear is the mind killer."
Being afraid of something can seriously cloud your judgment about it. You overreact to it as a threat, or react inappropriately to it rather than choosing a correct path of action. Sometimes you even hide from something which is harmless or even beneficial to yourself in some way.
I've gone on a lot about seeing with eyes unclouded by hate, in the past. But they can be clouded by fear as well. My recent essay "Stormriding on Winds of Change" touched on that, a little, but the full import of it didn't consciously register until now.
I will try to keep that in mind, more, when faced with my own fears. I will not let them control me, or choose my actions for me. I will find the courses of action most appropriate to the situation as it actually exists, not the exaggerated images my fears would paint of it. And I will grow stronger as a result learning to deal with my fears in that manner.
"Fear is the mind killer."
Being afraid of something can seriously cloud your judgment about it. You overreact to it as a threat, or react inappropriately to it rather than choosing a correct path of action. Sometimes you even hide from something which is harmless or even beneficial to yourself in some way.
I've gone on a lot about seeing with eyes unclouded by hate, in the past. But they can be clouded by fear as well. My recent essay "Stormriding on Winds of Change" touched on that, a little, but the full import of it didn't consciously register until now.
I will try to keep that in mind, more, when faced with my own fears. I will not let them control me, or choose my actions for me. I will find the courses of action most appropriate to the situation as it actually exists, not the exaggerated images my fears would paint of it. And I will grow stronger as a result learning to deal with my fears in that manner.
