{"id":13260,"date":"2016-07-20T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T01:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margiewarrellold.flywheelsites.com\/?p=13260"},"modified":"2016-07-20T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T01:45:27","slug":"fight-war-terror-dont-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/fight-war-terror-dont-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Win The War On Terror:  Don&#8217;t Fuel Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Terrorist attacks. Police shootings. Brexit. Political coups. Refugee crisis. Zika virus. President Trump.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s face it, we live in fearful times. There\u2019s no shortage of headlines alerting us potential threats to our safety and future.\u00a0Which is why, <strong>when headlines scream loudest, we must\u00a0be extra vigilant not to let fear set up residence in our lives.<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/cEuk3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/img\/bg-twitter.png\" alt=\"Tweet: When headlines scream loudest, we must\u00a0be extra vigilant not to let fear set up residence in our lives. @MargieWarrell http:\/\/bit.ly\/2af1xO8\" width=\"30\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>While fear exists to keep us safe it can also keep us living <em>too<\/em> safe<\/strong>. Contagious by nature, left unchecked, fear\u00a0can spread like a virus. Without realizing it, we can find ourselves living under it&#8217;s shadow where it\u00a0clouds our judgement and drives us to make choices that, while providing the illusion of safety only make us less secure in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Countering the impact of fear requires staying alert to its reach into our every day decisions. Wired for safety, fear drives us to overestimate the risks, to \u2018catastrophise\u2019 the\u00a0consequences, to focus on what we could lose over\u00a0what we could gain, on what might go wrong over what could be made right,\u00a0\u00a0and on protecting the status quo rather than improving it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s why now more than ever we need to be conscious to stand guard against the anxiety of those around us, not to buy into the the rhetoric of fear and to step up to the leadership plate in our lives, homes, workplace, community and society.<\/p>\n<p>Of course it\u2019s easy to find reasons for cynicism, protectionism, and battening down the hatches. Yet, now more than ever, the world today is hungry for people to do just the opposite. People with the courage to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Own their\u00a0personal power to affect positive change and lead\u00a0with the courage we want to inspire<\/li>\n<li>Reach out to those who are different than us and try to see through their eyes<\/li>\n<li>Spend less time blaming others for their\u00a0troubles and more time working to solve them<\/li>\n<li>Refuse to buy into the rhetoric of fear, intolerance and division<\/li>\n<li>Show\u00a0the compassion needed\u00a0to heal the deep wounds that breed\u00a0hatred and perpetuate violence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Ky2Nkrys2I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I share in the video above, \u00a0<strong>our brains aren\u2019t wired for happiness, they\u2019re wired for safety. <\/strong>It sets up an internal tug of war between what scares us and what inspires us; between sticking with the familiar and embracing uncertainty. It\u2019s why every single day we must choose to put our weight behind the best part of ourselves; the bigger part that is urging us toward growth, connection and contribution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Creating a better world requires creating a braver world. And creating a braver world begins with being a braver person.<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/Yf1in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/img\/bg-twitter.png\" alt=\"Tweet: Creating a better world requires creating a braver world. And a braver world begins with braver people. @MargieWarrell http:\/\/bit.ly\/2af1xO8\" width=\"30\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We must not rely on\u00a0our\u00a0leaders and armies to keep us safe. We have to look into our own hearts and ask\u00a0ourselves, honestly, if we are doing our part to create the kind of world we want to live in.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine what our world could be\u00a0like if we each refused to surrender to complaining, complacency or comfort and decided that our actions, however insignificant they may seem to us, truly matter. \u00a0<strong>Just imagine if we <em>all<\/em> chose courage over comfort and daring over indifference?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahhhh&#8230; wishful thinking? \u00a0It needn&#8217;t be. \u00a0Not if we each refuse to sit safely\u00a0in\u00a0the sidelines with\u00a0those who&#8217;ve bought into the lie that they have no power to help fix\u00a0problems of our world.<\/p>\n<p>Never underestimate the ripple effect you set in motion when you decide that you will actively participate in improving the world you live in. I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h4>If you&#8217;d like to commit to living with the courage our world needs right now, I encourage you to download my COURAGE PLEDGE and to make your own.<\/h4>\n<h4>www.margiewarrell.com\/Courage-Pledge<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrorist attacks. Police shootings. Brexit. Political coups. Refugee crisis. Zika virus. President Trump. Let\u2019s face it, we live in fearful times. There\u2019s no shortage of headlines alerting us potential threats to our safety and future.\u00a0Which is why, when headlines scream loudest, we must\u00a0be extra vigilant not to let fear set up residence in our lives. 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