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  lithompson

Fri, Mar 21 02:57 AM

Fear

 

Yes Fear.  My compatriot in life.  Quite the little manipulator.

 

Last night i was going over my financials and working over my ideas.  Suddenly I got really overwhelmed.  I thought to myself "this isn't going to work, I can't take this on myself."  I imagined myself falling into familiar territory - becoming so overwhelmed that I am paralyzed.  I imagined myself crying and turning away from everyone in failure.  Feeling useless.

 

I realized at that point what I was doing.  I was creating my future by failing in my mind before I had even tried!! 

 

Wow.  

 

So at that point, I stopped myself and took a deep breath.  I worked backwards and realized that my financial numbers were incorrect and it was showing me bad information.  Negative information.  So I corrected them.  

 

More importantly, I corrected my brain! 

 

I can do this. 

 

 

 

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You're a winner!!!

 

We all experience fear.  It's a fact of life.  We face something unknown, and we're afraid of what might happen.  We face something known but that has previously had a bad result, and we're afraid it might happen again.  That's not the problem.

 

The problem is when we fail to look that Fear right in the eye and say, "No!  I will not let you be in control."  The problem is when we fail to seek out the source of that fear, the tiny man behind the screen who's pumping helium into that giant balloon of Fear, and deflate it to the solvable issue it always is.

 

You've faced your fear and brought it down to size.  Good for you!

 

Your only risk now is that, having released all that helium into the air, for a while you may speak with a very high squeaky voice.  Wink

 

Fear Not

Plan Some

Trust Much

Let Go

 

Appreciated

It was nice to read thoughts and feelings from someone who is at the same place in Tools as myself.  Your comments resonate with me.

 

I look around the Tools community and feel kind of left out, until I can find and relate to others who are at the same place in Tools as myself. 

 

You're appreciated for sharing.