Daily OM: The situations, activities, and
individuals that frighten us remain static. Their relative intensity
does not change. Fear, on the other hand, self-magnifies. It is when you
are afraid and envisioning all that might go wrong that the energy
underlying your fear grows. A tiny flicker of anxiety can easily develop
into a terror that manifests itself physically and eventually paralyzes
you into inaction. Though frequently, in walking through that fear, we
discover that the strength of our fright was out of synch with reality.
And we learn that doing what frightens us can lead to great blessings.
Confronting your trepidation head-on will help you accept that few
frightening scenarios will ever live up to the negative disasters that
we sometimes play out in our minds.
Though fear is literally an evolutionary gift meant to sharpen your
senses and energize you during times of great stress, it can nonetheless
become a barrier that prevents you from fulfilling your potential by
causing you to miss out on rewarding, life-changing experiences...read more>>>....