{"id":21420,"date":"2026-03-11T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/encouraging-words-to-help-you-release-fear\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:12:08","slug":"encouraging-words-to-help-you-release-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/encouraging-words-to-help-you-release-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging Words to Help You Release Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI release you, my beautiful and terrible fear,\u201d begins <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/eng190\/files\/2012\/11\/Joy-Harjo.fearpoem.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cI Give You Back,\u201d<\/a> a poem by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joyharjo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joy Harjo<\/a>, who served three terms as Poet Laureate of the United States and was the first Native American to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In the poem, Harjo, who is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, writes powerfully of the concentric circles of <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/bible-verses\/bible-verses-about-faith\/bible-verses-to-live-by-fear-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fear, pain, anger, and heartbreak<\/a> that she describes, collectively, as her \u201cbeloved and hated twin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the poem, she writes with all the passion and grief of a eulogy about what it feels like to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-strength\/6-bible-verses-to-help-you-pray-through-your-fears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release those terrible feelings<\/a>, letting them go from her life.Have you ever loved something you recognize has caused you harm, hurt, and pain?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d wager that anyone who struggles with fear, anxiety, worry, or other so-called \u201cnegative\u201d emotions can relate to this sensation of feeling attachment to something painful. And the truth is, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/emotional-and-mental-health\/why-saying-anxiety-is-normal-can-help-us-heal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">those feelings are normal parts<\/a> of the human condition\u2014but they can overtake us if left unchallenged.<\/p>\n<p>As in Harjo\u2019s imaginings, painful feelings can even come to feel normal, to the point of belonging, being right, serving as companions throughout our days.<\/p>\n<p>As she lists the many ways fear has manifested in her life, from the generational trauma of racism to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/healing\/after-a-deep-loss-a-heartfelt-thank-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feelings of grief, loss,<\/a> hunger, and rage, Harjo writes again and again, \u201cI am not afraid\u2026. You are not my blood anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The poem ends in a way that illuminates the complexity she feels at the rejection\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/bible-verses\/encouraging-bible-verses\/5-bible-verses-to-banish-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the loss\u2014of her fear:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>You are not my shadow any longer.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I won\u2019t hold you in my hands.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>You can\u2019t live in my eyes, my ears, my voice my belly, or in my heart<br \/>\n<\/em><em>my heart my heart my heart.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>But come here, fear.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I am alive and you are so afraid of dying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In those final words, Harjo models the courage required to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/how-to-find-healing-for-a-broken-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confront something painful<\/a> and then let it go. As you reflect on her poem, what will you be brave enough to let go of?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI release you, my beautiful and terrible fear,\u201d begins \u201cI Give You Back,\u201d a poem by Joy Harjo, who served three terms as Poet Laureate of the United States and was the first Native American to do so. 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