THE SLIVER OF GOLD, GOD

Fear. One of the smartest...or most useful...remarks I hold dear is FDR's "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 

Since fear lives within us, as does patience but that's another post, our smart way-to-go when we feel fear arising is to immediately turn our thoughts to our inner cleanup crew, God. We pray thank you and do something about something...something else about something else, to get specific about it.

We know that to fight fear is to lose...even when we win, we lose. Fear, being at home wherever it chooses, may appear to lose, but it will re-gird and come back strong as ever. We resist not...i.e., we let it. 

We let it by seeking the good in the fear appearing...the sliver of gold hidden there.  

To focus on finding the sliver of gold, that elusive infinitesimal sliver of good, is to take our focus off that oncoming mental monster, fear. Unfocused-on fear is gratitude aborning.  

Hold the gold, hold God's hand. Proof: There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

Thank you.