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The Dark Side

I love yoda!! I have thought often on (young) Anakin and how Yoda was very wary of him because of his fears. When you look at the story you see that he had all the supports in place to make him a good Jedi except he had fear. Fear comes to us when there are elements of our lives that we cannot control. Sometimes we end up running from fear other times we sit shell shocked not knowing what to do. Faith and fear cannot exist in the same place at the same time just like light and darkness can’t. In order to have any success in life we have to face our fears, this may take a while and will probably hurt. If we don’t face our fears they are always there looming in the shadows of our life’s. If we continue on our path with fear we will be angry a lot which then leads to hating life which in the end causes suffering. All the while we are trying to look for enjoyment in our lives when what we need to do is combat those fears by facing them head on and dealing with them. If you remember when you were scared of the monster under your bed what happened when you looked under your bed with a flashlight, they weren’t there. Those things don’t exist except in your mind. Sadly the only way to gain control of those things that are outside of your control is to accept what you have no power over.