It’s Okay to be Afraid

The suffering is in the mind. The mind. In the mind. Witness it from your spiritual heart. — Ram Dass

In my nightmare, I was shut in the house with my family and friends. I had cleaned everything — because that’s what I do now — but to my horror, I started noticing strange, muddy paw prints along the floors and walls. How did they get in? I thought, wildly. Countless cat’s feet had tracked mud everywhere. But they weren’t…