Love or Fear

Dooley Noted: 9/12/17

My husband tells me, almost every day, that the root of all choices boils down to two: love or fear.

Early last night, I chose fear.

And it took me away from my optimistic self.

It took me down a path I had paved long ago.

And it hurt me again, just as it hurt me in the past.

I can’t un-pave that well-known pathway.

But I went to bed actively choosing love.

And I felt myself weep for not choosing it the first time.

My sleep was raw and disturbed, as my mind struggled between love and fear.

Love won – and now I see this pathway is a much newer pathway.

I have to work it many more times.

In my 20/20 hindsight, I see Jonathan is right again, as he often is.

Had I worked last night much quicker to choose love, I would have arrived quicker to where I am right now.

Two choices: love or fear.

And they are always our call.

– Dr. Kathy Dooley