how does fear manifest itself for you —
does it keep you from doing what you love?
from doing your best?
from putting yourself out in the world?
does your fear keep you clinging to things
which serve no purpose?
which offer false security?
which are familiar but fatal?
does your fear demand that you ignore
your inner voice?
your dreams and goals?
everything you know to be true about yourself?
or does your fear lie to you —
convince you that you can’t?
convince you that you shouldn’t?
convince you that you never will?
what if you learned that fear does not exist?
that fear is only thought?
that you make it all up?
what then would you manifest instead?
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©2013, Jen Payne
Image: Invention of the Monsters, Salvador Dalí, 1937
Fear. Only a thought. Hmmmm…
Food for thought.
Yea, it’s more like a 5-course meal for thought! Takes a while to digest?
Ah! But when you do… ;-)
Exactly!
Dealing with,moving beyond fear seems to be an ongoing battle. It keeps rearing its ugly little head. But, one battle, one moment at a time I move into the me I want to be. This is just excellent.
I think it IS an ongoing battle. I find, now, if I remind myself it’s just my thinking? Somehow the battle gets a little easier…
Fear stops us dead in our tracks so easily – It’s amazing how we sometimes let it rule our lives.
Fear is subtle, too. You know? Sometimes you don’t even realize you’re acting from a place of fear. Tricky monster!
So true and so well said, Jen. Thank you.
: )
Thanks!