FACET: AWAKEN THE LION WITHIN YOU
“LIFE SHRINKS OR EXPANDS IN PROPORTION TO ONE’S COURAGE.”
—ANAÏS NIN, NOVELIST
Gordon Dalby, an author and a graduate of Duke, Stanford, and Harvard universities, tells a story about a man who had a terrifying recurrent dream. In the man’s nightmare, a ferocious lion kept chasing him until he dropped, exhausted, and awoke screaming.
Eventually, the man told a friend about his frightening dreams. Assuming the lion represented something fearful in the man’s life, the friend suggested that perhaps it symbolized his boss or wife. Then the friend gave the man some advice: The next time he had the dream, he should try to not run away from the lion. Instead, he should stand firm and ask the lion who or what he was ...
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