@torunn said"In 1844, Soren Kierkegaard wrote of anxiety as being the 'dizziness of freedom', the dizzying effect of looking into the boundlessness of one's own possibilities. Without anxiety, there would be no possibility and therefore no capacity to grow and develop as a human being." [from the interwebz]
I think I missed that part. 🙂 I merely focused on 'anxiety', and anxiety for me is my family.
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@fmf saidI suppose it is true but it's not how I feel. Unless he also means that having seen a worst possible scenario of a situation and got through it, that could give a state of 'dizziness of freedom' - gratitude/gratefulness would be a word I would use. I may still be missing a part of what you refer to though.
"In 1844, Soren Kierkegaard wrote of anxiety as being the 'dizziness of freedom', the dizzying effect of looking into the boundlessness of one's own possibilities. Without anxiety, there would be no possibility and therefore no capacity to grow and develop as a human being." [from the interwebz]
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@fmf saidTorunn wouldn't know about that. Kierkegaard was a Dane, and therefore not to be taken seriously by a Swede.
"In 1844, Soren Kierkegaard wrote of anxiety as being the 'dizziness of freedom', the dizzying effect of looking into the boundlessness of one's own possibilities. Without anxiety, there would be no possibility and therefore no capacity to grow and develop as a human being." [from the interwebz]
@shallow-blue saidThis is a quote I like, even from a Dane 🙂 :
Torunn wouldn't know about that. Kierkegaard was a Dane, and therefore not to be taken seriously by a Swede.
It is better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed. The result may be the same, but you won't be. We always grow more through defeats than victories.
Soren Kierkegaard