This post is a quote from The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi.
Outstanding insight, IMO.
[Fear] is what it is; the serpent in my ear, whispering the promise of the fall.
I am human. Fear lives in me and sets to make my heart bitter. But I know something about Fear. Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives. Fear lives in me and I cannot change that. But I choose to starve Fear. I choose to live here [and] now.
Originally posted July 20, 2009 on White Tree Ideas