Fear's Invitation To Healing and Freedom
You don't have to eat the bagel whole. It is possible to take tiny bites, until you have devoured it.
If I step up to glancing at my own fears, in the privacy of my own mind, I get closer to the mind's fear every time.
Instead of that knee-jerk reaction of resisting fear, eventually I can mentally look right at it. I can look at the fear in the mind, and the feel-bad feelings it produces in the body. I silently notice and feel the body's natural response. Responses that rise independently from within.
So, go ahead. Take a small bite. Take a small glance. Keep doing it until the mind sees what the Soul already knows. You are the most powerful thing here.
Acquaint yourself with fear, and accept its invitation. Inch up on it, silently feeling it thoroughly until it melts away to reveal its treasures. In that, you will rediscover your own power and use it to set yourself free.