Fear Makes the Wolf Bigger Than He Is (Confrontation) Part II — The Discipline of Confrontation

22/01/2026

There is no heroic moment.
No catharsis.
Only posture.

One day — perhaps by accident —
you lift your head.
Pull your shoulders back.
And face the wolf.

Not because you are fearless —
but because retreat has become unbearable.

1. Confrontation is not victory — it is orientation

Facing the wolf does not make it disappear.
It places it where it belongs: in front of you, not inside you.

2. The first step is mechanical, not emotional

You do not wait to feel ready.
You move first.
Emotion follows — reluctantly.

3. You may have to do it fifty times

The first time may be unbearable.
The second humiliating.
The tenth pointless.

But here is the arithmetic fear does not want you to learn:

If you face the wolf once,
you now have forty-nine retreats left — not infinity.

That is the first crack in fear's authority.

4. Repetition breaks fear's myth

Fear thrives on singularity.
One test. One failure. One meaning.

Repetition turns the sacred into the ordinary.
The wolf becomes measurable.

5. You may not want to do it again

That is fine.
Will is not enthusiasm.
Will is obedience to something deeper than mood.

6. Something quieter begins to speak

Not confidence.
Not courage.

Something older.
Colder.
A voice that says: You can — and therefore you will.

It does not argue.
It states.

7. Fear collapses when it loses monopoly

Fear demands to be the only voice.
Confrontation introduces competition.

Fear does not survive debate.

Final Ending — Part II

The wolf is real.
But it is not infinite.

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is
because it cannot survive contact, posture, and repetition.

Stand once — and the spell weakens.
Stand again — and it cracks.
Stand long enough — and something irreversible happens:

You are no longer organized around fear.

And when that happens,
the wolf is reduced to what it always was —

a test, not a ruler.

We hope this blog helps you to stop feeding the wolf.
Best wishes,
Raymond and Ken