Fear is more than a feeling — it’s a taste that rests on the tongue, or a thought, like a parasite, that lodges in the mind, noisy and bullying.

Browsing my weekly digest of brain (and heart) food from brainpickings (https://www.brainpickings.org/)week, I found excerpts from a book by Vietnamese monk and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh...