Fear; How Long Will You Let it Steer Your Life?

I'm going to share a secret with you . . . I have let fear steer the direction of my life (on occasions and in certain circumstances).


This blog is almost always the words of others because I'm afraid. 

I'm afraid every time I hit the publish button. What if no one reads my post? What if no one likes my post? What if you don't like what I post? What if you have something negative to say about my post? 

What if the words I write are wrong? What if there is a typo? What if I can't make myself understood?  What if? What if? What if?

I have a feeling that it is time for a change here at Be Positively Inspired. Oh My Gosh . . .  there is another scary concept; Change. I am not completely sure what those changes will be and what the end product will look like; but I hope that you will all join me on this journey. 

I'm tired of letting fear steer the direction of my life. It is time to let go of those what ifs and move towards what I really believe this blog on page can be.

Quotes 

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us. ~ Pema Chodron

"I want to know if you've touched the center of your own sorrow, if you've been opened by life's betrayals, or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain." ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Blog Posts

I Need a Hero ~ "Our world needs more heroes. We don’t need people to literally wear costumes, but we do need people to don their own superhero outfits by accepting their vast heroic potential. We need more heroes."

How To Meditate at Any Time Without Meditating ~ "By living in our heads, we’re missing opportunities to connect with our family. Opportunities to feel the pleasure of sunshine on our face while standing at the bus stop. Opportunities to feel our creative energy spark when we watch a child playing. Opportunities to be in nature, even for just a few minutes, and find our footing again."

Dalai Lama's 18 Rules for Living ~

May 6, 2011

Blog Posts
 

Please Don't Let Fear Limit You ~ “We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate…Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realizing our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.” ~ Christopher Reeve

Tiny Wisdom: On Being Honest With Yourself ~ Only you know if you’ve been lying to yourself. Other people may think they know what’s going on in your head and what’s right for you. But only you know what you need to do and whether or not you’re doing it.



Quotes From other FB Pages

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” ~ Harriet Tubman Via ~ Mind, Body, and Spirit

Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered. - Bchya Ibn Pakuda ~ Via Healing Hugs

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day. - Rosa Park Via ~ Women Who Change The World

Our sadness and fear come from being out of tune with Love. ~ Hafiz ♥ Via ~ Namasteॐ Om

 

 

What are you Waiting For? What is the Best That Could Happen?

What are you waiting for?

For the time to be right . . . the time will never be right.
To have enough money . . . what is enough money?
Until you are guaranteed success . . . not sure that can ever be guaranteed.
Until you are no longer afraid . . . I'm not sure that fear ever goes away. We just find ways to work with it.

So what are you waiting for? What is the best thing that could happen if you went ahead with your plans today?

This post is part of the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I am going to really get this blog going. So I decided I'd join the Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to post 31 posts in the month of January and to get more traffic to my blog and to other blogs. This is post number 20. For more info or to join the challenge check the link below.

Fear

I posted this as a note on the Facebook page back in October . . .

Fear is an emotional response to a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger. (Wikipedia)

"The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure." ~ Sven Goran Erickson

I've been thinking a lot about fear lately.  I'm not talking the fear that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up; I'm talking about the fear inside you that keeps you from doing the things you want to do.  The things that fit your purpose. Those things that your gut tells you to go through with.  The fear that holds you back.  That is the fear I want to be free from.

The fear that gets your adrenaline going; that activates the fight or flight response can sometimes be easier to overcome than the fear that we hold within our hearts.

False Expectations Appearing Real
False Experiences Appearing Real
Finding Excuses and Reasons
False Emotions Appearing Real
Failure Expected And Received
False Expectations About Reality
False Evidence Appearing Real

What fear is holding you back? Keeping you from remembering that For Everything A Reason, to Face Everything And Recover and Forgetting Everything is All Right?  So what one thing are you going to do today to set your heart free from Fear?