Run from the "scary" - or engage, dance with it?

Sometimes when something scary is coming at you, the right thing to do is run, and sometimes it's to engage - dance with it. It is important whether most of the "scary" is coming from inside or from outside yourself. The devil of it is knowing what is what. Often we don't know clearly until after the fact. Complex mixtures of inner and outer produce uncertainty, hesitation, on & off feelings and behavior. All we can do is the best we can each day, and consciously be trying to do the next right thing and avoid cruelty.