Turn on the faucet. Wash yourself with the emotion. It wonโt hurt you. It will only help. If you let the fear inside, if you pull it on like a familiar shirt, then you can say to yourself, โAll right, itโs just fear, I donโt have to let it control me. I see it for what it is".
Mitch AlbomWhen a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say the whole world is mine. But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned his lesson." "What lesson?" I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. "We can take nothing with us.
Mitch Albom