A Tribe of Snow Angels
There is an art and a discipline needed to live a life that is free and full of joy. It is all too easy to allow life’s inevitable challenges to slowly constrict us, to turn our joy into fear. Sometimes we don’t even notice that it’s happening. I have a friend whose Godfather was exceptionally wealthy. So wealthy he had never had to work a day in his life. Many would consider this a dream life; yet his was one of debilitating fear. Fear of losing his inherited wealth and having to earn a living. He lived a life trapped in his mansion, monitoring his investments and counting every penny. Living a life that is truly free is an art we all need to master if we are to live in the joy we were made for. From the Bible to the Yoga Sutra, true freedom is central to the contemplative traditions and the wisdom of thousands of years of human experience. Science also supports the profound, creeping, subconscious impact that fear has on our lives. Daniel Kahneman’s experi...