On Fear
Posted Jul 5, 2010 3:15 PM by Susan Barnes
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 frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
-- Used by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech
Last night I watched the first episode of the first season of Lost. In it the main character - the handsome doctor describes being afraid during a spinal surgery. He allowed himself to feel the fear while counting to 5 and then promised himself that he would let the fear go after the counting. It worked.
We are all afraid of something. It may be something big, it may be something small. To some it may seem insignificant and to others the sheer challenge of it may seem impossible to comprehend. Take your fear, allow yourself to feel it, count to five now (1... 2... 3... 4... 5... ) and let it go. Fear is the enemy and the longer you hold onto it, the longer it will control you. Let it go and you will be able to accomplish anything.
I'm reading the 8th Habit of Highly Successful People by Steven Covey and in it he mentions that Einstein said imagination is better than knowledege. Knowledge is history, it's known and accounted for and imagination is vision, the unknown yet something worth looking forward to. If you can imagine it, you can make it happen. Stay on track. Keep looking forward and leave that fear where it belongs, in the rear view mirror -- a speck soon to become invisible the further forward you go and that speck of fear will soon be forgotten.
What are you scared of? What are you doing to let go of today? Are you ready to count to 5?
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