Fear vs. Gluttony... place your bets.

I was at Arby's today.  I was standing in line thinking about some of the things I'd said about fear, and the lingering thoughts of what I had written.  My mind actually came up with responses to the post.  I thought, "I'm going to have to post to comments myself."  Then, pondered some more until I came up with some more on the subject.

I came to a couple conclusions, and I was surprised when I made a connection between fear and gluttony.

The first part of it all starts with a major thought.

Sometimes you have to just act brave, and if you do that enough, you won't be afraid anymore.

Then, I was curious because it seems that the same actions which can lead us out of fear can much more easily lead us into personal travesty.   I'll explain.

Call it slippery slope, desensitizing, whatever, but if you do something and get excitement out of it you will only be temporarily happy... if you abuse it's power over your emotions.  If you continue to do that same "thing" you become desensitized to its effects on you, and you must find a bigger high to still feel something.  So, if you eat more than you should at any meal and get a thrill out of that, then you will quickly begin to gain weight and need more to satiate  that hunger each time you sit down.

Everyone understands that, but what they may not realize is that same process has to be employed to overcome fear.  Whereas you would normally do things to give you a short lived emotional high, in fear you would do things out of your comfort zone to become desensitized to its effects.

Just a quick note, maybe more on it later, don't know.  I don't know a whole lot right now, and it has me in the wrong frame of mind.

I'm tired, disappointed and grumpy.  I won't be here for a couple days, so everyone take care til I get back.

 
Mo