Ernest Becker on the value of facing Anxiety honestly.

Charleye Taze Wright (coachcap@pe.net)
Thu, 21 Mar 96 10:11:49 -0800

"The flood of anxiety is not the end for man. It is, rather, a 'school'
that provides man with the ultimate education, the final maturity. It is
better than reality...because reality can be lied about, twisted, and
tamed by the tricks of cultural perception and repression. But anxiety
cannot be lied about. Once you face up to it, it reveals the truth of
your situation, and only by seeing that truth can you open a new
possibility for yourself."

THE DENIAL OF DEATH, by Ernest Becker, The Free Press, New York, 1973,
pp.87-88. (1974 Pulitzer Prize for Non Fiction.)