The Potential in Scary Moments

I had a moment at the airport yesterday where nothing was wrong but I was scared to death. The great Tibetan teacher Pema Chodron talks a lot about the places that scare you (she even has a book by that title). The airport is someplace that scares me. Pema's invitation, and the invitation of all of mindfulness, is to see if we can stay, in a moment when something scares us. Not turn away, not deny, not run. Not collapse. Just stay. I’m not thinking about moments where we’re in physical danger...