For Joan, any kind of parting was death; and
her deep fear of death fueled many of her lyric furies of paint.
Philip Larkin, in his masterpiece poem Aubade, expresses
the deep fear of death that most of us have felt.
Not exact matches
This is the need for peace
of soul, for conquest
of fear, for strength in weakness, for the ability to «be
of good cheer» even in the face
of deepest trouble, and to be «faithful unto
death» where
death is real and terrible and not to be evaded.
Narcissism is a defense against
deeper feelings
of powerlessness and
fear of death.
However, the
deeper purpose
of this section will be to look at the bearing
of Christian faith both as truth and as power, regardless
of denominational or ecclesiastical affiliations, on man's perennial problems
of frustration and
fear, unmerited suffering, sin and
death.
So as I sat in the ER as my partner underwent all sorts
of tests and CT scans — a week before Scalia's
death — I began to think
deeper about the «dying alone» narrative I have
feared.
But on top
of the anger, frustration and
deep sense
of loss at James's
death, we were left with a lingering
fear that whatever happened to him could happen to any
of us.
Although Goodman didn't directly discuss the effects
of past life therapy, he states that it probably isn't useful to expose someone with a
deep - set
fear of death to the nitty gritty details
of death and dying: «I don't want to feed an imagination that already imagines the worst.»