It has been sad that "the one who can see the invisible, can do the impossible". Somebody else noticed that the glory of life lies in doing the things that cannot be done. I do not know authors of those quotes, but they evidently were faith-thinkers. They realized that faith implies reaching to things which seem to be impossible to ordinary men and women.

The truth is, our vision is so conditioned by our present and past experiences that we can never know which is possible, and which is not. I wonder if anyone who lived several hundreds years ago could imagine that we will fly across oceans within hours. I seriously doubt that even the most enlightened thinkers of that time thought of sending spacecrafts to the moon and to other planets. As I've read, none of authors of science fiction novels who lived 50 years ago could predict such things as mobile phones and the Internet. Even casual glance at the history of our civilization leads us to a conclusion that we do not know our limits. This applies to human family in general, and to our individual lives as well.

Being the creative power, faith is the power to do seemingly impossible things.

As we stand at entrance into the realm of the unknown and the impossible, we need courage to enter in. It is critically important to overcome our fear. Often we find out through personal experiences that the greater is our challenge, the greater is our fear.

Let us use the image from a fairy tale to illustrate this point. There is a beautiful princess locked in a high tower, guarded by a dragon. A hansom prince should kill this dragon to rescue his true love. This story is being told through ages with different variations.

We cannot dismiss fairy tales as nice and entertaining lies for kids. Their meaning is deeply symbolic - especially if they survived many generations. They are parables, deserving spiritual interpretation.

The parable of a princess and a dragon teaches us that there is an enemy which needs to be conquered before we will accept our desired good. This enemy, or dragon, is fear.

Perhaps, it is not absolutely correct to speak about "killing a dragon" of fear. We are peaceful warriors. Spiritual perception reveals us that the best way to deal with fear is to let it die from malnutrition. Let us not feed our fear by thoughts and emotions, but turn our attention to another direction. Let us stay focused on God, the Source of courage within.

In his small booklet, "The Golden Key", Emmet Fox writes:

"Stop thinking about the difficulty, whatever it is, and think about God instead. This is the complete rule, and if only you will do this, the trouble, whatever it is, will disappear... Your object is to drive the thought of the difficulty out of your consciousness, for a few moments at least, substituting it the thought of God. This is the crux of the whole thing. If you can become so absorbed in this consideration of the spiritual world that you forget for a while about the difficulty, you will find that you are safely and comfortably out of your difficulty".

This teaching might sound simplistic, but it is not different from what the Bible tells. It is the old story of Peter walking on water in its essential meaning. Remember, when Peter looked on Jesus, he could walk across the sea. But as soon as he shifted attention to the raging wind, he became afraid and started to sink.

Mental concentration of God will help us to remain peaceful in the midst of all life's storms. But even if we cannot overcome all of our fear completely, let it not stop our actions.

Courage does not necessarily imply the absence of fear. A courageous person moves forward in spite of his/her fear. As we take steps toward the fulfillment of our creative plans, we find out that they become easier. New confidence arise within ourselves. Gradually, we are being prepared for greater demonstrations of the power of faith.