FEAR

Recently, at Seattle Pacific University, a young man felt he had reached his limit and decided to turn weapons on innocent people, killing one young man and wounding three other people. It could have been a lot worse if Jon Meis, a 22-year-old fast thinking student, hadn't taken advantage of the shooter having to reload.

I cannot imagine the fear that Jon Meis and the other students had to have felt during this ordeal. Many ran, and rightfully so. Some probably froze in their tracks and couldn't figure out what to do, and, once again, rightfully so. Yet, Jon Meis saw an opportunity and overcame his fear and seized the moment to save himself and countless others.

Today's word is a quote I came across that sums up fear. It says, "F-E-A-R has two meanings: 1 - Forget Everything And Run or 2 - Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours!" I would like to add one more that says that F-E-A-R is False Evidence Appearing Real.

It's not always easy to rise up and do when everything in your body is screaming "Sit down and shut down!" However, it is in that moment when we decide that we must face things head on and rise up to meet the challenge that fear begins to motivate us and ceases to paralyze us.

You're either facing something scary right now, just came out of a scary situation, or just about to face your next fear. Don't let that False Evidence Appearing Real cause you to Forget Everything And Run. Instead, look FEAR in the eye and use it to Face Everything And Rise!

Be Blessed,
Mickey T