What is Fear?

Fear is many things; shame, fright, timidity. Like impatience, it generates discouragement, hate, anxiety and failure. It is the only real prison; it lurks behind perfectionism and humor (a psychological shield for fear). The purpose of life is to live it to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer lessons just waiting to be learned. Confronting your uncertainties and allowing yourself to be human and imperfect makes you a far happier and more dynamic person. To conquer this is the foundation of wisdom.

What is needed is understanding. I mean that you must watch it, learn from it, and come directly into contact with it, not run from it. You must recognize more so that you may fear less, exposing yourself to your deepest fear… after that; it no longer has reign over you. The truth is that so many people never understand this until it is too late, because the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer. People have a hard time letting go of their misery, but with a fear of the unknown future, they prefer pain that they are at least familiar with.

Let fear pass over you and through you. And when it is gone, you can turn your inner eye to see the path it has left. When you bare your soul and share it with someone else and show that you are fallible, walls crumble. What power you will find when you hold someone else's fear in your hand and show it to them!

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you stop to look fear in the face, and you know that you must do that which you think you cannot. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this mayhem. I can take the next change that comes along. I’m not afraid.” When people restrain themselves because of fear, their lives are bound, because only through freely chosen self-discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the limits of reason (or just sanity).

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to do new things. The saddest type of a life questions three things: could have, might have, and should have. If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.

Learn the art of patience so that you can apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Let intuition guide you… follow that direction sincerely and fearlessly.

There is no fear in love because true love casts it out. If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty. If you love nothing, what joy is there in life?

A true friend knows your weaknesses but confirms your strengths; feels your fears yet fortifies your trust; sees your anxieties then frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities to emphasize your possibilities. If you look deeply within, you will find this perfect balance. If you stand in the present moment, you are eternal.


Love,
Kacki