An analogy:

Fear is a bad wind. The wind can blow, push you in a direction. Those winds can pick up, and leaves and garbage can be flung at you. If it gets fierce, you could be thrown yourself, or get dragged out to sea, consumed in all directions by a storm. Perhaps it is a tornado that throws you up in the air with the cows and tears your house apart.

So how do you handle fear? Hold on to something tight that is firm and true. Surround yourself with concrete walls or dig yourself an underground bunker. For the strong and wise, fear can have no pushing effect. Just hold on tight. Don’t go sailing into the ocean if you can’t handle fears that come. And they will come.