I’ve blogged a few time about the power of fear and panic.

Here’s another article addressing similar issues that I thought was very appropriate.

At times it feels our entire world is holding its collective breath, bracing for the next disaster, awaiting inevitable misery and unhappiness. We assume the worst intention behind every action and self-interest behind every decision. We feel justified because so often the cynical view is confirmed. But what other view is there?

The Hopeful View

“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst of all are our own fears.”

Rudyard Kipling

Fear is a self-fulling prophecy; it is a disease. Once we start seeing the world as a scary and uncertain place – it is difficult to dislodge that belief. The world, and its inhabitants, become hostile and unfamiliar. Fear lies – it only tells us a sliver of what might be, and leaves out all else that could be.

A fearful outlook of the world can be…

Fear Is a Liar