Fear can be our biggest enemy and the one thing that whenever you ask anyone, what stops them, it will eventually boil down to fear. Fear of asking out the cute boy at work , fear of believing you are actually good enough, fear in letting go and actually giving up that you may not have all the answers. Fear in believing that you can do whatever you put your mind to in this world. For me.....fear is what has me writing this.
It was 8 years ago that I became inimately aware with the fact that I am not as industructable as I thought and actually given a second chance at this game called life. I vowed that I wasn't gonna waste it. I am very proud of some of my accomplishments and then there are those things that well.....WTF!!! But boy did I learn some valuable leasons! Like no matter how drunk you are when your two friends say it is a great idea to swim naked in the city fountains then have to explain your logic for that choice to a very mean looking police officer. Or deciding that when you are hiking through the woods at night maybe vearing off the track isn't the smartest idea. My favorite to date, no matter how much you love someone and you believe you will spend the rest of your life with that person, they may break your heart, but it doesn't mean they don't love you.
I've coached hundreds of people to live a life they love, live their best life who have in turn impacted thousands of lives, but the minute it comes to have that breakthrough for myself I am struck with this sudden fear. Putting myself out there, being vulnerable....ummm...no that's great for you, but me I'm good. Ridiculous...maybe...but you are doing this somewhere in your life I assure you :)
What I'm getting is that fear is that moment you choose to sit back on your heels or run full out giving it every last effort you have, especially when it looks like your loosing. A choice. Pretty simple when ya think about it. So what am I afraid of...right now it is wasting my 2nd chance at this game called life. You?
One of my FAVORITE quotes...
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ~ Marianne Williamson ~
It was 8 years ago that I became inimately aware with the fact that I am not as industructable as I thought and actually given a second chance at this game called life. I vowed that I wasn't gonna waste it. I am very proud of some of my accomplishments and then there are those things that well.....WTF!!! But boy did I learn some valuable leasons! Like no matter how drunk you are when your two friends say it is a great idea to swim naked in the city fountains then have to explain your logic for that choice to a very mean looking police officer. Or deciding that when you are hiking through the woods at night maybe vearing off the track isn't the smartest idea. My favorite to date, no matter how much you love someone and you believe you will spend the rest of your life with that person, they may break your heart, but it doesn't mean they don't love you.
I've coached hundreds of people to live a life they love, live their best life who have in turn impacted thousands of lives, but the minute it comes to have that breakthrough for myself I am struck with this sudden fear. Putting myself out there, being vulnerable....ummm...no that's great for you, but me I'm good. Ridiculous...maybe...but you are doing this somewhere in your life I assure you :)
What I'm getting is that fear is that moment you choose to sit back on your heels or run full out giving it every last effort you have, especially when it looks like your loosing. A choice. Pretty simple when ya think about it. So what am I afraid of...right now it is wasting my 2nd chance at this game called life. You?
One of my FAVORITE quotes...
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ~ Marianne Williamson ~
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I love that you are writing! You have a great style and I can actually hear your words as if we are having a coffee.
I love this post about fear! I've been playing the "wait and see" game, which is really just another way to not have to put myself out there. *sigh* Just when you think you've got it beat, it comes and smacks you inthe face! LOL!!
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