{"id":444,"date":"2010-08-12T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T00:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2010\/08\/geronimo.html"},"modified":"2010-08-12T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T00:05:15","slug":"geronimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2010\/08\/geronimo.html","title":{"rendered":"Geronimo!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Do one thing every day that scares you &#8211; Eleanor Roosevelt<\/em><br \/>\nHave you ever done anything scary &#8211; and exciting? One community member shares what it was like <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/michellelorraine\/blog\/2010\/08\/10\/flying\">skydiving<\/a> for the first time. In their journal, another member explains how they overcame a <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/expandingdivine\/blog\/2010\/06\/16\/love_and_fear_and_zombies\">fear of zombies<\/a>, which represented spiritually their &#8220;fear that I truly did not matter.&#8221; While another shows, through pictures, how she shed her fear and <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/jeanninehunter\/gallery\/view_gallery.one?gal_id=2808989\">plunged into the Caribbean Sea with a dolphin<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/staying_fearless\">Staying Fearless<\/a> is a group where members trade &#8220;tips, concerns, and stories for warding off worries, embracing risk, and cultivating joy.&#8221; View pictures and messages about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Faiths\/Christianity\/2009\/08\/Max-Lucado-on-How-to-Overcome-Fear.aspx\">staying fearless<\/a> from Christian minister and author Max Lucado or listen to meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg talk about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Video\/Preachers-and-Teachers\/Buddhism\/Sharon-Salzberg\/Sharon-Salzberg-How-To-Be-Afraid.aspx\">how to practice fearlessness<\/a>. Reality TV star Dog the Bounty Hunter also offers advice on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Video\/Beliefnet-Interviews\/Dog-the-Bounty-Hunter\/Dog-The-Bounty-Hunter-Putting-Fear-Aside.aspx\">overcoming fear<\/a> while pursuing a challenge.<br \/>\nAre you open to do something that you&#8217;ve never done before and meet that challenge?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do one thing every day that scares you &#8211; Eleanor Roosevelt Have you ever done anything scary &#8211; and exciting? One community member shares what it was like skydiving for the first time. 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