As I heard the words from the TV movie, “This is no time to let fear control you.” That line is the message people need to hear today. THIS IS NO TIME TO LET FEAR CONTROL YOU!
Look around your life! Look at our total society right now and what is the overall emotional attitude that is prevailing? FEAR!
So many people stand in their business room and are FEARFUL of losing their job. Others, who own their own business, are FEARFUL of whether they are going to able to make it through the market transition. Every day they find themselves walking around in a world of uncertainty and that uncertainty creates a feeling of worry and doubt. What does that do? It just feeds their FEAR!
So many stand in their family room and are FEARFUL of losing their home. Most didn’t have a savings account they could draw from and when those adjustable and no-interest loans came due, they weren’t prepared. They never anticipated the economy would go through its readjustment time. They were left financially overwhelmed. This financial overwhelming found its way into not being able to pay their bills, put food on their table and have the money to sustain the lifestyle they had grown accustomed to. The result was them walking around in this world of uncertainty and that uncertainty has created a feeling of increased worry and doubt. What has that done? It has increased their FEAR, which has made stress a larger issue in their life.
Now, these people who are under financial stress have no extra money to go out and find arenas to relax. The lack of a Social Room has increased the conflict between those who share the Family Room.
When it comes to a person’s Personal Room, it is tough to go there. For most, they didn’t have a very large Personal Room in the first place. Now, when they go there, they come face-to-face with all the challenges that are flooding the other rooms of their life. It makes spending time with their self very frustrating.
FEAR is such a powerful force to reckon with, in your life. Why? I can give you four reasons.
FEAR increases your feeling of fatigue! FEAR is a thief. It doesn’t give; it takes away. What it takes is your spirit — your spirit and your faith in yourself. When that happens, you are left feeling overwhelmed and running on fumes. That will catch up with you.
Second, FEAR expands your feelings of uncertainty. Go back to the fact that FEAR is a thief! As you feel you are losing things you have worked so hard to obtain and then, out of the blue, things are being lost, you are going to feel uncertain.
Third, FEAR allows negative feelings to increase. This is one of the major ways that fear will attack. You can’t feel FEAR without having all the other family members to come along – some of those members are worry, doubt, increased stress and the inability to relax. Each of these becomes another thief in your life to steal your spirit.
Last, but not least, FEAR repeats its attack as long as you allow it to. FEAR doesn’t have to be a permanent part of your life. It is in your life because you allow it to maintain a residence. Every time FEAR repeats its attacks, it strengthens its presence in your life. That is just going to weaken you even more.
FEAR is an emotion! That is what you have to learn. It is not something that has to be a permanent part of your life. It has power and presence because you give it power and presence. That is more than a statement; it is there, because you allow it to be.
To control the emotion of FEAR, you must face the fact that it exists. So many times I talk to people and I know what they are doing. They are not being honest with themselves about the power FEAR has in their life. They think that denial will keep FEAR from having power over their life. That misconception just increases the power of FEAR in your life. When you face your fear, you will slow your emotions down. The slower your emotions, the clearer you will be about what actions need to be taken.
To control the emotion of FEAR, you must entertain the need to accept change as a needed part of getting beyond this challenge. You must see what is happening to your life as a challenge. If you see it as a negative you didn’t need, it will attract more and more negative reasons to react. If you see the challenges as a doorway to something better, it changes the picture you are looking at. Rather than asking, “Why is this happening to us,” you need to change your thinking to, “What must we do to get through this challenge?” Now, I know that is not easy to do, but just the adjustment in what you are seeking to understand can enhance the result.
To control the emotion of FEAR, you must allow your imagination to have a stronger presence than your emotions. Don’t forget your imagination holds the answers to any challenge your life is handed. The challenge is — you allow things to get caught up in your emotions and as the challenge is struggling to get to your imagination, it is being choked and stifled. You must slow down! You must not allow your emotions to keep a choke hold on you. Free your imagination to show you the solution; trust that there is an answer. There is ALWAYS an answer, but there are not always people seeking the answer. FEAR has the ability to cloud the pathway and make you feel there is no way out. That is a lie and you must not accept it as truth. Slow down! Trust your self.
To control the emotion of FEAR, you must reach out to people who can lead you to clarity. What I see today is the number of people who are turning to people who are just as lost as they are. These people can’t help you find the clear path. Too many are stopping when they run into the first roadblock. When there seems to be no direction, they throw in the towel and quit. There is always an answer, but not all people can show you the clear path to it. There is always more than one option! Many times the needed option is not the first one; many times it is the second or third choice, BUT if you stop before you get there, you won’t find it. Slow down! Look around your life; find those who are standing there with clear direction and reach out to them.
FEAR is an emotion that only has as much power as you allow it to have.
There is always an option that will take you to clarity; find it!
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