The thing that we fear losing the most is sometimes that thing that without we would be most free
Holding on because of fear is counterproductive
You can't fly if you hold tight to the ground
Like birds with broken wings
Or newborn eagles
You will never recover or learn to fly lest you are willing to jump from your nest
No matter how secure it may seem
Or comfortable it has become
Staying in your nest or cocoon too long
Or past the time you were appointed to be there
Will do more harm than good
It eventually kills you
The irony of slaves is that some having been enslaved so long
Lose the will to leave once they gain freedom
It is change
We all fear change
But change is growth
Growth is evolution
It was said that "Suffering is the tuition one pays for a character degree"
Character comes from experience
Experience isn't always easy
And most aren't willing to go through the trial of experience
But the benefits and the lessons are always worth it
If there are two things I've learned in life it's that the only purest and truest things are love and life…
It is better to have loved and lost than to never loved at all
You can not lose by loving you will only lose when you hold back
And Life is only what you make it, yesterday is gone never to be had again, tomorrow is not promised
So all you can do is live in the moment
Be happy, be present, be glad, just BE
I'm learning that if the picture is not what you want it to be change it
Don't wait for fear that it never will
Or worry that it won't get better
"Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere"
Unfortunately you can never know unless you try
Let go, live loud, be free, and have faith…the eternal opposite of fear
"there's two things everybody got to find out for theyselves, they got to find about love and they got to find out about living…and living, well I had just come back from burying the dead ~ Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God"
"False Evidence Appearing Real: FEAR..." 7/11/08
I am fearful of many things, although I am sure that not all of these
fears belong to me. Some were handed down to me by my parents. Some
I made up on my own. But those fears are here in the flesh. Today I
am watch my fears manifest themselves...
"Fear is a powerful force that kills passion and confidence and
creates more and more of itself." Susan Taylor
I was praying that God take me from one situation that was slowly but
surely draining me of the enthusiasm I have always had in my dream...
I thought I was invincible before I began my last job. However, its
seems I allowed that oppresive environment and an uncomplimenting
employer take my confidence and now I am reaching in the dark to get
my confidence back in the new job.
I remind myself everyday that I cannot mess up this opportunity. So I
put incredible pressure on myself to perform at the same time
immobilized by fear that I cannot perform. When I feed the fear, it
grows and as stated above, it kills passion and confidence.
I choose not to allow myself to be consumed.
Today I've decided to change. To work through my fear until it is
gone. To trust the position that God has put me in.
I have no other choice. I refuse to miss the blessing God has in
store for me here and now because of some fear that I don't deserve to
receive it or that I may fall short. That is not my reality.
"You are a perfect child of God, born for this hour." Susan Taylor, same page...
I am born for this. I am ready for this. It is mine.
acs, Finding Silence, http://undiminished.blogspot.com/
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