Fear is a funny thing. It can be ephemeral, it certainly is elusive, and it’s always imaginary. So how did it earn its status as such a powerful entity?

If you look directly at your fear, you will find it’s just a mirage that appears as a tyrant.

Reach out your hand and touch it and you find it has no substance.

Though imaginary, fear becomes a strong force when you turn your face away and try to resist it. It stands behind you, ominously, and the size of its shadow makes it feel enormous.

Here is the bizarre reality: If you inhale the fear deeply, as an intake of air, allow it to flow through your blood and become a part of you, it changes into a feeling of supernatural bliss.

When you face your fear, it turns and sees that you are not as frightening as it thought.

When you embrace your fear it becomes a glowing smile that plays across your lips.

Every light casts a shadow. If we want to see the light we have to turn the shadow around.