Fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive?

The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.

God has a prepared path for us to follow. We just have to read the omens he has left for us.

People read a lot of stories about witches, fairies, paranormals, and children possessed by evil spirits. They go to films showing rituals featuring pentagrams, swords, and invocations. That's fine, people need to give free reign to their imagination and to go through certain stages. Anyone who gets through those stages without being deceived will eventually get in touch with the Tradition.

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

Certainly. But take this into consideration: of every ten problems we have, nine are created by our own selves - through guilt, self-punishment, self-pity. However, from time to time a great obstacle appears in our path, which was put there by God, and which is there for a reason. The reason is: to give us the opportunity to change everything, to move forwards.