Conquering Fear
What really keeps you from living your dreams?
What problem is most dominant in peoples lives?
The answer is: FEAR!
People live every day in fear. Fear of losing their wealth,
fear of losing their loved ones, fear of making the wrong
decisions, fear of being themselves, fear of growing up, fear
of making a commitment. The list goes on and on.
The leading cause of people not fulfilling their dreams is NOT
the fear of failure - it’s the fear of success! The fear of
actually accomplishing what they set out to do. The fear of
living life to the fullest may have paralyzed you. This will
cause you to never really try in your business, or if you do
try, to sabotage your efforts so you never have to face your
fear of success.
Most people live their lives in the grip of this fear and they
aren’t even aware that it has control over them! The fear is
the one thing that can turn your dreams of financial freedom,
loving relationships, and a fulfilling and significant life
into a pattern of habits including procrastination,
self-sabotage and other bad habits.
Fear is the dominate problem in your life today. The two
questions you need to answer to conquer your fear are:
Which fear has the most control over your behavior? Is it the
fear of failure, the fear of rejection, the fear of success, or
is it all of them?
How do I interrupt the bad habits that I have developed as a
means of protection from this fear? How do I interrupt the
programming I have within me?
These are the two most significant questions when it comes to
overcoming your fears. If you can answer these two questions,
your life will forever change!
The reality of fear is that it is human and is a part of life.
It’s not going to go away. Some fear is even healthy! It is a
gift given to you to keep you safe and bring you closer to your
creator.
Every person is born with three instinctive fears. These are:
fear of falling, fear of loud noises, and fear of abandonment.
These three fears were given to you to help you monitor what is
going on around you. Think about it; it is fear that gives you
the adrenaline rush that makes you escape from a situation that
is really, truly unsafe. It also gives you the same rush that
causes you to fight to win.
Faith is born in fear. God knew in His infinite wisdom that
fear is what would drive His people back to Him. Although
sometimes it is only in times of extreme fear that we look to
God and choose Him. Take a look at your own life and think
about the times you looked to God for His power and wisdom.
Those were probably times of extreme fear. True faith is born
from fear!
So what caused the gift of fear to be the number one problem in
society today? Why do people let fear control their actions,
beliefs and lives? The answer is the difference between
reacting to fear and acting in fear. It has everything to do
with your belief system.
Children typically react instinctively to fear, which is
appropriate behavior at this age. Most adults don't make the
distinction between reacting to fear, as when they were a
child, and acting with their intellect when dealing with
fear.
People react instinctively to fear by either denying it or
running away from it. They miss the power that comes from
acting with their intellect, never allowing the fear to become
the gift it was intended to be. Learn to act with your
intellect by exposing your true fears and the beliefs they
represent and free yourself so you can move on with all you are
meant to do, have and become!
by Louis Bonaventura -
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