by David Hayward | Jan 31, 2020 | David's Letters, I'm scared
THE FEAR OF FREEDOM Just the other day I was driving and realized how free I was. I also felt a tinge of nervousness: what if I’m lost and don’t know it? Isn’t the nature of deceit that you’re so deceived you don’t even realize it? There’s nobody taking care of me to...
by David Hayward | Apr 23, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm scared
I just returned from Toronto to be with my sister, Cathy, who had just had breast cancer surgery. I was there to spend the week with her following the surgery. I’m so glad I did. One night she was experiencing severe pain in her right breast. The pain escalated to the...
by David Hayward | Mar 11, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm scared
One of the worst feelings for me to feel is “trapped”. There have been several times in my life where I’ve felt trapped. In a job. In a relationship. In a belief system. I find it interesting now that each and every time I felt trapped… sometimes for years… it took a...
by David Hayward | Jan 7, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm scared
I am the parent of three adult children. I love them very much. They are an adventurous bunch. They do things like climb mountains, skydive, swim with sharks, and other activities that worry me. I’ve told them, “Why can’t you just get a regular, steady job, marry,...
by David Hayward | Oct 30, 2017 | David's Letters, I'm scared
I think back on the times when I felt trapped. My freedom came immediately upon realizing that I wasn’t trapped at all, but only afraid of the consequences of acting upon my freedom. Fear. That’s the biggest obstacle to almost everything. Now, it wasn’t that the...
