{"id":1134,"date":"2009-10-30T09:15:03","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T13:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2010-08-30T09:47:30","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T13:47:30","slug":"fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/2009\/10\/30\/fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  Normal.dotm 0 0 1 113 647 Boston University 5 1 794 12.0     &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  0 false   18 pt 18 pt 0 0  false false false        &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;   &lt;![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--> <!--[endif]--> Big parental warning for this video- may be too intense for some viewers:<!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/u2UYrcwQsL4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/u2UYrcwQsL4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">What are you afraid of?<span> <\/span>Shopping; global climate change; swimming; finding a job; snakes; nuclear proliferation; the start of a New York Knicks season; death; the future; or, Saw VII.<span> <\/span>We spend a lot of time, effort, and resources dealing with our individual and collective fears.<span> <\/span>And, most of us will not take a moment to figure out what we\u2019re scared of and why.<span> <\/span>Instead, we run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It&#8217;s the season for scary things.<span> <\/span>Today during Coffee and Conversation, instead of running away, let\u2019s talk about fear.<span> <\/span>What\u2019s the worst thing that can happen?<span> <\/span>See you in the Howard Thurman Center from 3-5 p.m.<span> <\/span>Face your fear right now \u2013 write down your fear(s) in six words or fewer and bring it.<span> <\/span>I\u2019ll have plenty of coffee, tea , and cookies (an ensure you that we will keep the lights on).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"\/dos\/files\/2009\/10\/istock_000007077624small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1136\" src=\"\/dos\/files\/2009\/10\/istock_000007077624small-344x300.jpg\" alt=\"istock_000007077624small\" width=\"344\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/files\/2009\/10\/istock_000007077624small-344x300.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/files\/2009\/10\/istock_000007077624small.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big parental warning for this video- may be too intense for some viewers: What are you afraid of? Shopping; global climate change; swimming; finding a job; snakes; nuclear proliferation; the start of a New York Knicks season; death; the future; or, Saw VII. We spend a lot of time, effort, and resources dealing with our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1495,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/2239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}