how to find freedom ... Jim Morrison

Expose yourself

 to your deepest fear; 

after that, 

fear has no power, 

and the fear of 

freedom shrinks 

and vanishes. 

You are free. 

~Jim Morrison

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Location: Superstition Mountain Museum
Apache Junction, Arizona

there's nothing to fear ... William James

Be not afraid.

Believe that 

life is worth living,

and your belief will 

help create the fact.

~William James

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Location: Carousel at Paradise Valley Mall

Phoenix, Arizona

what's in your future ... Robert Schuller

Let your hopes, 

not your fears, 

shape your future. 

~Robert Schuller

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Happy 4th of July

America was not 

built on fear. 

America was built 

on courage, 

on imagination 

and an unbeatable 

determination to do 

the job at hand. 

~Harry S Truman 

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Location: Arizona State Capital

nothing to fear ... Joyce Meyer

The eagle has no fear

 of adversity. 

We need to be 

like the eagle 

and have a fearless spirit 

of a conqueror. 

~Joyce Meyer

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Location: Tohono Chul
Tucson, Arizona

pep talk with Christopher Reeve

A hero is someone who, 

in spite of weakness, 

doubt or not always 

knowing the answers, 

goes ahead and 

overcomes anyway. 

~Christopher Reeve

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Location: Heard Museum
Phoenix, Arizona

fear not ... Barbara Broccoli

Never give up,

have the passion.

Don't be afraid.

~Barbara Broccoli

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fear of rejection ... Harvey Mackay

Most fears of rejection

 rest on the desire for 

approval from other people. 

Don't base  your 

self-esteem on 

their opinions.

Harvey Mackay

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sincere effort ... Chanakya

Once you start 

working on something, 

don't be afraid of failure

 and don't abandon it. 

People who work sincerely

 are the happiest.

~Chanakya

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Location: Nixon Library, southern California

World Lindy Hop Day ... but who's watching? Satchel Paige

Work like you don't need money.

Love like you've never been hurt.

Dance like nobody's watching.

~Satchel Paige

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1938 Dance Contest, Raleigh, North Carolina

(4/19) love the light ... Og Mandino

I will love light

for it shows me the way, 

yet 

I will endure the darkness

 because 

it shows me the stars.

~ Og Mandino

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Location: Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona\

(2/21) dare to try ... Mary Kay Ash

Most people live with their music still unplayed.

They never dare to try.

~Mary Kay Ash

(2/9) National Toothache Day ... Chanakya

As soon as the fear 

approaches near,

attack and destroy it.

~Chanakya

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