Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy. We fear that this moment will end, that we won’t get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.
We may think that if we ignore our fears, they’ll go away. But if we bury worries and anxieties in our consciousness, they continue to affect us and bring us more sorrow. We are very afraid of being powerless. But we have the power to look deeply at our fears, and then fear cannot control us. We can transform our fear. Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
Love your Words of Windom, I totally aggree.
ReplyDeleteLove and blessings to you.
Once upon a time people were able to instill fear in me, what a folly, what a trap. I tell my friends to be wary of other people's fears, they will eventually become yours as well.
ReplyDeleteAs I'm sitting here eating Kettle's Salt&Pepper Potato Chips, a grin on my face. What an adventure life is. Life could have been so much easier if I hadn't feared; most important I asked myself why did I pay reverence and respect to people whom I thought were higher than me in status, no matter the level? This is the most common of all fears, to believe others are superior than us. What a folly and calamity. One need not be aggressive to be assertive. One only has to walk away from fear mongering; it's everywhere, and usually attributed to money and control. Rising above it all, is the adventure of all times, well worth it. CatDG