ISLAND IMPRESSIONS BY FR. TOM PURDY, RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH
Fear Not
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e’ve recently introduced our girls to the Star Wars movies. I forgot how much wisdom is embedded in those films. While watching again, I was struck by Jedi Master Yoda’s teaching on fear. “Fear,” he says, “is the path to the dark side.” As he explains to his proté76
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gé, “Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering.” For a little animatronic green dude, he’s quite insightful. Fear is incredibly powerful. Fear can make us do things we don’t want to, or normally wouldn’t, do. Fear can also keep us from doing things we want to do. It is the tool of the bully and the bane of the bullied. It is
