Fear Not

Fear finds us in many different forms from anxiety and worry to doubt and disappointment. These emotions wreck havoc on our minds and lead to faltered performance. Collectively I have learned these negative emotions stem from selfishness and lack of faith.

The way to overcome them is by gradual and persistent growth in inward knowledge. All of life's answers are planted in our own self-mastery. "In the measure that you master yourself, that you control your mental forces instead of being controlled by them, in just such measure will you master affairs and outward circumstances." (James Allen)

Looking back, I have struggled with a self-defeating mentality most of my life. Only now, after much much reading and observation have I realized how much pain and suffering I have caused myself. With such a mentality I was never giving myself the full opportunity to succeed. I had one foot in the door, going for it, and another foot outside the door stuck in the trap of "what ifs" and "I'm scareds." This is no way to live...not productively, successfully or happily anyhow.

Proudly this is a mountainous task I am committed to working on daily for the rest of my life. I remain aware, ready to catch and rid myself of any self-limiting thoughts. I slip all the time but that is part of growth...recognizing when you have fallen off path and getting yourself up again. I have heard before, unwavering faith and purpose constitute the motive power of life. This is how I choose to proceed...with faith and purpose.

Whatever your position in life may be, I hope you choose to focus your thoughts, guide them into positive states of strength, power, joy, belief and service. From here you will begin to realize more potential in yourelf than you ever knew before. You will enjoy challenges knowing as long as you put forth your best effort you have succeeded. You will ease through defeats looking for the lesson every failure in life holds for us. Our every circumstance begins within!