Please enjoy my Soulgoal Missive, which I resurrected from my July 2002 archives. This was the year after the September 11 terrorist attacks, and fear was rampant.
“Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now.
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”
Anxiety and worry reside in many like a low-grade fever that won’t go away.
People work, live, and don’t notice fear most of the time because it’s so familiar. It can lurk in the background like a gnawing in back of the mind that something might happen… a feeling of anticipation, waiting for the other shoe to fall.
There are countless ways to mask it, such as using power over others, escapes like too much television, overuse of substances, addictions, sex, being controlling, seeking approval, and anger.
Fear. It’s often fear of the future, the unknown, that somehow, something might happen, and we won’t be able to handle it.
We can never cope with the future. When our mental imaginings run rampant into what danger might be lurking, we incapacitate ourselves.
We can always cope in the now, in this present moment of time. Remember the adage that we are only given what we can handle.
We always have the ability to make it to the next stage of life. Always.
“So let me assert my belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. President during World II
What else can be done to diminish fear?
If you want yeast to multiply, feed it sugar. If you want fear to grow, feed it fear.
If you want to reduce fear, take a deep breath and surround what you fear with love. I know this can sound crazy, but consider this.
The aim of terrorists is to create fear and terror. Generating fear in others makes them stronger as it’s their food, their energy source. Instilling fear is the outcome they’re trying to create, so our feeling fear encourages them to create more terror.
Unconditional love short-circuits them. They become like the Wicked Witch of the West and their power to create fear in others starts to melt. The fury of anger cannot ride on love.
Overcoming the domination of fear IS possible! Here’s a recent Success Story of one of my clients, LisaBeth Thomas:
“With Virginia’s coaching my world totally changed. She showed me how to let go of the fears and let in my success. Now I am getting new business and opportunities each month! My energy and enthusiasm are through the roof, and there is no stopping me or the growth of my company!”
LisaBeth (LB) Thomas, The Big Cheese.TV, LLC; Producer, Speaker, Leading Brand and Media Strategist; Founding Member & Past President of Texas Women in Business (TWIB); an Austin Business Journal’s Top 25 Woman of Influence
Thoughts, feelings, and prayers are real and are felt around the world.
We have the ability to impact life by living in this moment of time with the spirit of love.
Right now as you read this, you can offer love and goodwill to the Life Force and let it be distributed wherever It chooses. Now, you just made a difference.
That which we fear diminishes and eventually disappears as we wake up to this awareness.
Who do you trust, a Higher Power or fear? Hint: Who do you know is the biggest kid on the block, every block, everywhere, throughout eternity?
Maybe you’ve been wearing your fear like an irreversible tattoo when it’s only a rub-on that can be removed. Switch your attention to the now rather than worry about an unknown future, and the fear washes off.
Fear is your interpretation of events, a misuse of your imagination, and you have the power to change your perspective.
Fill the now with love, and not only is there no room left for fear within you, but that which you fear dwindles.
It doesn’t mean you agree with what others do or a situation. It does mean you don’t give them the power to control you.
There’s a Zen story about a Japanese warrior waiting in prison after capture. The fear of interrogation, torture, and execution overwhelmed him, and he couldn’t sleep. Then he remembered the words of his spiritual master, “Tomorrow is not real. It is an illusion. The only reality is now.” He fell peacefully asleep.
Your challenge, if you choose to accept, is to live in the moment with love.
Observe your reaction when fear arises in you and recognize that the fear has nothing to do with this moment in time.
Instead of worrying and being afraid of what might happen, redirect your attention to the now. Replace the feelings of fear with gratitude, love, and goodwill to Life.
Success Thought
Andrew Matthews, Being Happy! A Handbook to Greater Confidence & Security
“Focus on what you want. Dwelling on your fears will bring them upon you…We need to enjoy what we have right now and live right now. Fearing loss is not living in the now. Fearing loss is living in the future.”
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