Fear and Hope

Inside all of us is fear
Inside all of us is hope
Inside all of us is the ability to use our hope to conquer our fear

Joel T Nowak MA, MSW

Malecare is the world's leading men's cancer support and advocacy nonprofit organization.

John October 21, 2009 at 7:54 pm
At each successive stage of my metastatic cancer journey I become fearful then somehow regain hope.
I know that if I ever lose hope, I’M doomed.
Rabbi Ed Weinsberg October 21, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Hi, Joel,
Your three verses are reminiscent of the view that it’s not our circumstances that determine our future, but our response to our circumstances that either raises us up or brings us down.
Perhaps Mark Twain put it best in the 19th Century, when he stated that “Aging is an issue of mind over matter: If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
By the same token, fear is an issue of mind over matter. If we don’t mind, our fear will disappear, only to be replaced with hope.