Afraid

Good Morning,

We are entering a new time in our civilization and people everywhere
seem to be wanting to figure out what is wrong. This ranges from a
personal feeling that something is wrong with us to thinking the
whole world is out of balance and wanting someone to fix it or save
them.

In reality, we don't need to be saved. There's nothing wrong with
you, or me, and nothing is really broken, it's just the way things
are (even the folks who are really irritating). So if this is how it
should be why are so many of us unhappy, or having feelings of
dissatisfaction? We all suffer from various forms of fear. Thing
about it. we are afraid of being rejected, of looking stupid, of
being called selfish or any one of another thousand labels and
ideals. We fear failure, pain even success! There is nothing wrong
with this since it is a human condition (we all share this quality).
The problem is when we keep blowing it off, or fail to recognize the
grip fear can have on our lives.

We begin to lose our sense of balance when we unknowingly let fear
run our life. We begin to see trouble in the world and ourselves, we
begin to think something is wrong with us and entire view becomes
clouded even distorted. Our fears didn't start when we were born. My
fears, just like yours, were taught to me with good intentions
(parents, loved ones etc).

A healthy sense of fear does serve a purpose. Our fears develop
because we want to be safe, protected, and comfortable. Becoming
addicted to the qualities of comfort, safety, and protection will
always lead us to unhappiness. It's just not how things are. The
harder we try to hold it all together and prolong our comfort, joy or
any other experience, the worse it gets because we realize that we
are never really in control of life. This feeling of having no
control is what leads us to think something is wrong, fear kicks in
(without even a real threat of purpose)and we begin to spiral around
the wheel of life,taking every turn with great apprehension.

So how do we go about dealing with fear? I for one do not believe
fear is something to be conquered or abolished, it does after all
serve a small purpose in life. I do feel that fear is something to be
balanced in life, understood and utilized. Fear has a magnificent
quality of pointing at the problems in our life, when we disregard
this because we don't like the feelings or what they may be pointing
at, then we set ourselves up for more problems. We can't allow our
fears to control us. It's okay and normal to be scared out of our
socks at times. However, it's immature to allow our feelings to
control our actions. We can control our actions regardless of our
feelings (with practice) It's not always easy but it is a choice we
all have!

I found this little fear quiz through and online friend. It is
interesting and the results can be quite telling for a few simple
questions. Take it for fun, take it for insight and just take it for
what it is. I would love to hear some of your results! Just go here:

http://www.fearlessliving.org/support_system/fearless_living_quiz

Have a beautiful day and carry this thought - You must do the thing
that you fear until the fear of that thing becomes no more.

Peace and Love, Jim