Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "Fireside Chat Ep. 213 — Fear Is a Serious Problem | Fireside Chat" video.

  1. Thank you Mr. Prager! This chat is getting bookmarked. I said from the very beginning of the COVID business that people were acting irrationally and it was all driven by fear, and fear is a terrible emotion to take advantage of. The people who have will have some splainin to do as Ricky Ricardo would say when they are standing tall before God. I live in a 55+ community and fear has had a devastating effect on so many of my neighbors. A man who was my best friend here has been so consumed by it that he has basically cut him and his wife off from any human contact that isn't absolutely essential. I tried to tell him he couldn't keep her in bubble wrap but he is so afraid she will die before him that he is doing everything in his power to shield her from the disease. I drove them to the pharmacy and got them vaccinated but it didn't matter. I think he just got so used to living in fear that it became his new normal. But worse than that, it made him mean. I see what fear has done to him and several other people here who used to be social and I made myself a promise that I will never live a life based on fear. I never have and now that I have seen it up close I am more determined than ever. I think it's largely a matter of faith. Now, I'm not ultra religious and I am only now getting reacquainted with the Catholic Church after a very lengthy separation but I have always trusted in God. People I know who have little or no faith tend to get scared when the end comes near. I'm not saying that happens to every agnostic or atheist, but I will say this, people who have genuine faith don't fear death. As you point out, we don't rush headlong into it and take unnecessary risks but I have never found a single person of true faith who is afraid to die. Death is something like 10,000,000,000 -1 but I trust in the one man who defeated it enough that when my time comes He'll be there to welcome me home with open arms. It's a simple faith, but it's mine and you know what, it keeps fear at bay. 🙏 Finally, I love that line: "Don't behave the way you feel." That is sage advice. I used to explore this with my students when I was a leadership facilitator. I would mention how we often confuse thoughts with feelings. For instance, how many times have you said, "I feel like going outside?" How can you "feel" about going outside? You are THINKING about going outside but what are you FEELING at the time? Too often we let our emotions drive our thoughts and when that happens the machine is running backward. That is how decisions with tragic consequences get made. Anyway, loved this video maybe more than all the rest and you have made some dandies. Please keep up the good work. Emotional people like me need to be reminded not to act on them.
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