We live in uncertain times. Life sometimes feels scary and difficult. When we pick up the newspaper, listen to the news, or go about our day it sometimes seems that we have a constant shadow dogging our footsteps - and that shadow has a name - FEAR.

Here are some strategies for dealing with fear that may allow you to not only keep it from paralyzing you, but also use it to catalyze you into positive action.

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A friend said to me recently, "Life is like a kaleidoscope - always changing. Sometimes it is us that turns the kaleidoscope and sometimes it is someone else." And I thought to myself - with the current financial meltdown it sure feels like the Kaleidoscope is turning big time - and I kind of liked the beauty and the shapes of the old pattern. But the pattern has indeed shifted and it behooves us to learn to find the beauty in the new emerging pattern. If you are ready to engage in this adventure during these uncertain times I would like to offer you a question that may help you to focus your search for new answers and landmarks: "How much is enough?"

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