Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
(George Adain)
Why do you allow fear to rob you of even trying? Don’t let a wrong belief of something or someone hold you down.
Sometimes we give so much permission to our fears that they become bigger than our reality.
Even if the truth is staring us in our face, fear tells us otherwise. Even if what what we fear most, didn’t actually happen, we are still riddled with anxiety and there is no peace. Even if someone else tells us that what we fear is not going to happen, we don’t believe them and we allow ourselves to fear the worst. It’s like we are anticipating the worst to prove that we’re right.
That’s Fear. That’s not Truth.
You see, it takes courage to be vulnerable and to try again. And it takes more courage to rid ourselves of our anxious thoughts and irrational fears; the what ifs. These fearful thoughts are especially common amongst people who have faced successive setbacks and failure. Each time the emotional baggage gets bigger and heavier. Disappointments and rejection sit like badges of honor on our chest. We walk around claiming to have seen it all and been through it all. We think we will no longer be shocked if we fail again, if we are rejected again, if the worse happens again. Now that’s pride speaking.
Huh? How can that be pride? It is pride because you’re using the wounds and perhaps scars as trophies of achievements. Your pride is allowing these hurts to lock you and imprison you. The truth is that fear is unreasonable, irrational and illogical.
Like the short story of The Shark Bait below, oftentimes we can’t see beyond our hurtful past, allow it to immobilize and paralyze us. Although our circumstances and environment may have changed, we still live as if the old barriers are still there. We give up on opportunities because we fear disappointment, failure and rejection.
It’s time to stop hiding behind your fears! It’s time to get out from under the chair. Choose to let go of fear. Get past your inaction! Stand up and shout aloud,”I’m stronger than I think I am.”
Tell yourself,
Even if I fall again, I will choose to pick myself up. Even if I don’t like the limelight, I will choose to be recognized. Even if no one appreciates my talents, I will keep on trying because I’m an unpolished gem that’s waiting to be discovered.My turn on the stage will happen one day. Even if I cannot see it happening anytime soon, I will choose to enjoy what I am doing.
I’m significant. I’m not defined by my fears of what people may say or think about me. Their remarks can no longer affect me because I refuse to allow it to.
I don’t have to be afraid of every shadow that’s around the corner because I can choose where I place myself.
You can choose your attitude. You can choose to see things differently – your circumstances, the people around you and the world. Be brave. Take small steps so you can move into a new beginning.
It is never too late.
Say with me, “I’m free at last!” Cheers to a new You!
Artist: Lydia C. Text: Anna G.
The Shark Bait
A marine biologist was involved in an experiment with a shark. He placed a shark in a tank along with other small bait fish. As expected, the shark ate every single fish.
Then the marine biologist inserted a clear fibreglass to create two sections within the tank. He placed the shark in one section and the smaller bait fish in the other section.
The shark quickly attacked the bait fish, but it bounced off the fibreglass. Undeterred, the shark continued this behavior for an hour. It just wouldn’t stop trying. All through that time, the small fish in the other section swam around carefree and were unharmed. Finally the shark gave up.
This experiment was repeated several dozen times over the next few weeks. Each time, the shark got less and less aggressive. Eventually the shark lost interest and simply stopped attacking altogether.
To prove the point of his experiment, the marine biologist then removed the fibreglass so that there was no physical barrier in the tank.. The shark, however, didn’t attack the bait fish because it believed in the existence of a barrier between it and the bait fish.
