“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself”…Franklin D. Roosevelt.
I feel I see a different perspective of this comment of fear that FDR made. I was speaking to a woman recently and we were talking a bit about fear and she stated she was afraid of nothing. And I jumped right in and agreed with her. Then pausing later, I had this moment come back to me to review and ponder. Was this true for me? Do I not fear anything? And is this a healthy attitude for me to hold and believe?
I know when I am working with my client or clients and need to have clarity and strength to speak the words that I know will help them, even though it may not be what they want to hear, this kind of fearlessness serves. And when I gently, yet firmly, give my opinion that may not be what is popular in the circle I am sharing a conversation with, this is a type of not being afraid also.
I feel the Universe will show me areas of my life that I need to be afraid of, so that there is a balancing of energies in my life.
I came to see that if I say that I am not afraid of anything, life will be orchestrated to show me where, in fact, I DO need to be afraid and fearful. There is a place for this in my life also.
I feel fear can paralyze us and stop us from accomplishing what we need to do. I see fear as an ally, an emotional feeling that does NOT have to paralyze me. I can begin to see where I honestly have fear. For me, I came to realize that a fear of mine is that something “bad” will happen to my adult children and they would die before I do. I have come to appreciate how this fear has come into my life and offers me the opportunity to say a prayer for my children for their protection, safety, good health, wise choices and when I call or text them, I try to remember to always say I love you to them, because I really don’t know what the future will hold. Using fear in this way has allowed me to use the aspect of fear in a constructive way, rather than a destructive way. I can then move on with my day and know I have no control, except with my own self.
How might you choose to allow fear to motivate you from a paralysis into a motivation to change what you can do or say about what you honestly fear, act on it in a way that propels you and then let it go. It’s magical.
I feel I see a different perspective of this comment of fear that FDR made. I was speaking to a woman recently and we were talking a bit about fear and she stated she was afraid of nothing. And I jumped right in and agreed with her. Then pausing later, I had this moment come back to me to review and ponder. Was this true for me? Do I not fear anything? And is this a healthy attitude for me to hold and believe?
I know when I am working with my client or clients and need to have clarity and strength to speak the words that I know will help them, even though it may not be what they want to hear, this kind of fearlessness serves. And when I gently, yet firmly, give my opinion that may not be what is popular in the circle I am sharing a conversation with, this is a type of not being afraid also.
I feel the Universe will show me areas of my life that I need to be afraid of, so that there is a balancing of energies in my life.
I came to see that if I say that I am not afraid of anything, life will be orchestrated to show me where, in fact, I DO need to be afraid and fearful. There is a place for this in my life also.
I feel fear can paralyze us and stop us from accomplishing what we need to do. I see fear as an ally, an emotional feeling that does NOT have to paralyze me. I can begin to see where I honestly have fear. For me, I came to realize that a fear of mine is that something “bad” will happen to my adult children and they would die before I do. I have come to appreciate how this fear has come into my life and offers me the opportunity to say a prayer for my children for their protection, safety, good health, wise choices and when I call or text them, I try to remember to always say I love you to them, because I really don’t know what the future will hold. Using fear in this way has allowed me to use the aspect of fear in a constructive way, rather than a destructive way. I can then move on with my day and know I have no control, except with my own self.
How might you choose to allow fear to motivate you from a paralysis into a motivation to change what you can do or say about what you honestly fear, act on it in a way that propels you and then let it go. It’s magical.