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The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.

Barbara Brown Taylor

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Barbara Brown Taylor
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 21
Anglican Priest
Priest
Willingness
Excitement
Anxiety
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Differences
Fear
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I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another.
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I thought being faithful was about becoming someone other than who I was...it wasn't until I failed that I began to wonder if my human wholeness might be more useful to God than my exhausting goodness.
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