Fear comes from the anticipation of outcomes. If we stay in the moment, we are usually quite fine. When we anticipate the worst, that is usually what we bring to us, sigh…
On the other hand, fear serves a great purpose. It keeps us from stepping off cliffs, running into traffic, and walking into other dangerous situations. In this way fear is practical. We simply avoid consequences with which we do not wish to have to deal.
Yet, life is not meant to be safe. We each come with a clear vision of our path, and that always includes lessons to be understood. When we avoid the truth of the lessons, life has a way of hitting us over the head to make us learn. It is much easier to learn lessons with the help of a parent, than it is to postpone them until being an adult!
Parents do not like to see their children fail. But what is failure but a signal that we have made a mistake? It is like the physical pain that tells we need to take care of something in the body. Or the emotional pain that tells we are on the wrong path.
The trick with managing fear is not to become lost in it but to gauge its message. Is the outcome we anticipate unavoidable within our abilities? )Those who truly are one with spirit would not fall if stepping off the cliff, but rather become one with the air and float to safety. That, however, requires a LOT of training and practice! ) We need to always remember that all things are possible with spirit and that we will always be taken care of… we do not see the ENTIRE picture and thus often need to simply trust.
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I like this because you also realize the fact that fear is at sometimes necessary for our physical well being while still maintaning that people let it get out of hand. Too many people say that fear is a completely impractical tool when truly it is a survival tool. I agree 100% with what was said here.
Comment by Josh July 28, 2009 @ 11:39 pm