{"id":2670,"date":"2025-09-24T16:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:07:47","slug":"find-peace-in-the-midst-of-fear-a-step-by-step-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/find-peace-in-the-midst-of-fear-a-step-by-step-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Peace in the Midst of Fear: A Step-by-Step Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gardens exude peace while growing through storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thunder scares us. But not flowers. They soak in water from the same storms.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Their beauty is not achieved without disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither is ours if we see through the chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether the storm is in the body or the mind, three treasures bloom for those who look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. <\/mark> Look outside your cage<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Remember the first time riding a bike, skates, or skis?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You were petrified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But something clicked when you embraced the skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success settled in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How? Act as if you can, and you will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“This was the theory upon which I went. There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, ranging from grizzly bears to ‘mean’ horses and gunfighters; but by acting as if<\/em> I were not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid. Most can have the same experience if they choose.”<\/strong> Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The as if<\/em> principle frees us from being trapped by fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March past the ghost and watch peace unfold as your confidence grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. <\/mark>Prudence wipes out fear<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fear has an uncanny way of saying, “See! I tested you, and you are afraid again!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear herds us into a jail of perception and slams the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wouldn’t it be great to walk out? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply replace the paranoia with prudence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a coin of wisdom in an old proverb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools.”<\/strong> Proverbs 16:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear never . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n