The Results of Fear

Fear is planned. Did you know that? Not so much by people, but by forces unseen. When major disasters like the one in Japan occur, fear spreads through the atmosphere like radioactive fallout. Only it travels farther than any man-made danger. And it is hoped by those unseen forces that we will all react badly and panic.

Example: When scientists and the media started the panic over H1N1 virus, people over-reacted in droves. Normally sane folks began to freak out about ordinary tasks like going to the grocery store. And eventually the scientific community had to acknowledge that thte threat wasn't as over powering as they had thought initially.

Here's the basic fact: if you are having anxiety over what "might happen" you are wasting your blood pressure. Living in preparedness for anything requires plain old faith in God, not worry and fear. Fear breeds freak outs. Fear breeds bad decisions. Fear breeds a heart attack waiting to happen and a toxin dump straight to your blood cells. Fear messes with the ability to think straight. It causes people to freeze up in an emergency and do all the wrong things. Best to avoid fear, don't you think?

With the scientist claiming a major quake Cascadia this coming weekend, the threat of nuclear meltdown in Japan, the advice I give today is to pull back from fear and grow some faith muscles.It's a much healthier plan!