Life tends to involve the ebbs and flows of our resistance to things that happen to us and about attempting maintaining our cool when things don’t go right. We often resist things that cause us frustration or fear. Frustration, fatigue, and discouragement cause us to feel uncomfortable and we resist. But, we can usually go through a bout with frustration and cure most of it by relaxing, breathing, or just enjoying some peace.

Fear, on the other hand, is the emotion that can be more difficult to deal with. Paralysis is usually how we resist fear. It stops us from doing the things that we really want in life. The cure for fear is to face it head on.

See below for some excellent advice for dealing with fear.

When we look directly into the seeds of fear instead of trying to cover it up or run away, we being to transform it.

Fear, p 29 – Thich Nhat Hanh

There are things that you want to do in life and, most likely, you are the only person stopping yourself from doing these things. Fear is usually the root cause of your hesitation.