Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Use Their Words: You Can't Carry It With You

As usual, we had nothing to fear. And in saying that, I mean: we have everything to fear. Death is slated for us all. And maybe it is years from now, in a soft bed, surrounded by the soft eyes of the people that we love. Or maybe it is not so many years from now at all. We have every reason to be afraid. But, we also need to learn to put that fear aside, like a library book. Sometimes we need to check out our fear, and read it, and study it, and peruse it closely, but at a certain point return it to its proper shelf and experience something else. Contentment. Worry. Calm. Hunger. Spinal parasites. And, a great deal of love, of every kind. So put that fear in a place where you can find it when you need it. Don’t carry it with you. Don’t carry it with you.
- Welcome to Night Vale, The Librarian (live at Skirball)


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