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640: Fear of An Unforgiving World

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Yesterday's blog post created a lot of fear within me... fear to share the truth of what I've accepted allowed, fear to admit I've had racists thoughts. Part of this fear is seeing how unforgiving this world is, how reactive it's become and how much it's unwilling to understand. I fear I will be labeled a racist, that I am hateful and that I see others less than myself. That I am the epitome of a white woman who is ignorant and blind in this world. I realize I wouldn't fear this if I didn't actually live this to some degree, but I think more importantly to focus on is the fact that I fear the world being unforgiving to me - unwilling to let go of who I was and embrace who I am doing my best to become. So the question is - am I STILL unforgiving to myself or others? I'm I still unwilling to let go of who I was, and who others were? Am I embracing who I am doing my best to become? Am I embracing others unconditionally? Interestingly enough the one...