DEALING WITH YOUR FEARS
As a child i was always afraid of darkness. My heart always missed a beat whenever i was left in the dark. I later grew up to face reality that darkness is just the absence of light. Therefore, in as much as i can live in the presence of light, i can likewise live in the dark.
This drew my mind on a very important key in life," everything dwells in the mind. The mind is the battlefield. The mind is able to fathom whatever you feed it with.
Fear is the absence of boldness, faith, trust, self confidence and believe in one´s abilities. A lot of people are unable to accomplish things in life because of the fear that they may fail. Fear cripples them to the extent that they don´t even make the effort of trying. Others try as much as they can for the first time. However, when they encounter hardships, they quit from believing in their abilities.
People have battled and won because of determination. Throughout history, there are people considered as heroes because of their success stories. They lived to overcome their fears and this separated the boys from the men.
Check out the lives of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Colonel Sanders, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey, Nelson Mandela etc. All these people lived through periods of challenges, disaster and embarrassments. They fell along the line but never remained on the floor. There were times people did not even want to associate with them because they did not want to be tagged failures.
The fact that you have been told several times that you are a loser does not make you one. You become a loser when you believe in it. The fact that you have not made it now does not mean you won´t make it. Try it and when you fail, try again. When you fail again keep trying till you get it right. Greater heights are reached outside the comfort zone. Move out of your comfort zone and you will surely make an impact.
When Thomas Edison was asked whether he felt like a failure after failing thousand times when inventing the light bulb he said, " Why would i feel like a failure? And why would i ever give up? I now know definitely over 9000 ways an electric lightbulb will not work. Success is almost in my grasp." A lot of people have great talents that will benefit the world but they are afraid to expose them because of the fear of failing.
The fact that some people are already doing what you want to do does not mean you cannot make an impact. There are several ways of killing a cat. Innovation is all that the world needs. Our creator gave us unique gifts that we can use to better lives. Do not be crippled by fear. expose those talents.
Fear prevents us from getting to the top of the mountain because we are afraid to fall. It prevents us from walking in the dark because we are afraid of monsters. Fear prevents us from diving because we are scared to drown. On top of the mountain is the finest flower, deep within the earth is the rarest treasure, buried in the sea is the best crude. How can you get the best things in life if you are afraid? How can you achieve your goals with fear? Fear is not a lion, it just roars like one.
Our greatest fear is our shadows.
"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 most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights 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
This drew my mind on a very important key in life," everything dwells in the mind. The mind is the battlefield. The mind is able to fathom whatever you feed it with.
Fear is the absence of boldness, faith, trust, self confidence and believe in one´s abilities. A lot of people are unable to accomplish things in life because of the fear that they may fail. Fear cripples them to the extent that they don´t even make the effort of trying. Others try as much as they can for the first time. However, when they encounter hardships, they quit from believing in their abilities.
People have battled and won because of determination. Throughout history, there are people considered as heroes because of their success stories. They lived to overcome their fears and this separated the boys from the men.
Check out the lives of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Colonel Sanders, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey, Nelson Mandela etc. All these people lived through periods of challenges, disaster and embarrassments. They fell along the line but never remained on the floor. There were times people did not even want to associate with them because they did not want to be tagged failures.
The fact that you have been told several times that you are a loser does not make you one. You become a loser when you believe in it. The fact that you have not made it now does not mean you won´t make it. Try it and when you fail, try again. When you fail again keep trying till you get it right. Greater heights are reached outside the comfort zone. Move out of your comfort zone and you will surely make an impact.
When Thomas Edison was asked whether he felt like a failure after failing thousand times when inventing the light bulb he said, " Why would i feel like a failure? And why would i ever give up? I now know definitely over 9000 ways an electric lightbulb will not work. Success is almost in my grasp." A lot of people have great talents that will benefit the world but they are afraid to expose them because of the fear of failing.
The fact that some people are already doing what you want to do does not mean you cannot make an impact. There are several ways of killing a cat. Innovation is all that the world needs. Our creator gave us unique gifts that we can use to better lives. Do not be crippled by fear. expose those talents.
Fear prevents us from getting to the top of the mountain because we are afraid to fall. It prevents us from walking in the dark because we are afraid of monsters. Fear prevents us from diving because we are scared to drown. On top of the mountain is the finest flower, deep within the earth is the rarest treasure, buried in the sea is the best crude. How can you get the best things in life if you are afraid? How can you achieve your goals with fear? Fear is not a lion, it just roars like one.
Our greatest fear is our shadows.
"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 most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights 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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