Category: fear

Are you running away?

March 5, 2013 | 2 comments

Some of my neatest inspirations come from patients sharing their thoughts with me. Here’s a recent mental eye-opener shared:     “If you run from a problem, you also run from the answer.”     That’s right! I exclaimed when I

Fear no more

January 29, 2013 | No comments yet

Litany Against Fear By Frank Herbert, from the Dune series I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and

Don’t fear the flu

December 10, 2012 | 5 comments

My local newspaper announced that the flu hadn’t hit our city–yet. But it would soon! Oh geez, I lamented. That is not a healthy expectation to create in our population’s mind-set. ‘Tis the season to defend consciousness from fears of

No mountain too big

November 13, 2012 | 5 comments

It’s not the mountain we conquer,   but ourselves.   ~Edmund Hillary (First to climb Mt. Everest) Are there any mountain-sized problems in your life? Fear not. They are not bigger than God. They are not bigger than the solutions that solve them.

The waves of Love

October 29, 2012 | 6 comments

Many times over the years I’ve used the phrase, “waves of love,” to characterize the cleansing, purifying and uplifting effect God can have on our lives. For instance, an ocean wave sweeps over a sandy beach and wipes it clean