"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." William Shakespeare
Oueen of the big screen, 3 time nominee and first time Best Actress Winner High Green Dame Helen Mirren gives us insight on how she was able to overcome fear early in here life, and look what has happened as a result of it.
Our fears are traitors.
"My secondary school was a parochial school run by Bernardine nuns in forbidding black robes. On my first visit to the school, I had an interview with the headmistress. She was a very old lady called Dame Mother Mary Mildred. ('Dame' because she had been honoured for past achievements; I never knew what.) She had one eye that drooped and was somewhat frightening to the 10-year-old that I was. However, she was also very wise, and kind without being sentimental. She took one look at me and said, in such a way that I have never forgotten it, 'Beware of fear.' It took me many years to understand the power and importance of that observation. Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or exciting or experimental things. It can cloud your judgment of others, and lead to all kinds of evil. The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives."
A High Green point of view
"Do the thing you fear the most and the death of fear is certain." Mark Twain
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