Understanding Fear

By understanding fear and accepting it, you will be free to build the life of your dreams. I was just told that "fear is a perception and not a reality because fear is in the future and not the present". That made me think about the perceptions we hold within ourselves that we could do without. Fear is definitely one of them. Fear clouds our reality and holds us back from speaking and doing the things that need to be said and done. Sometimes we are afraid of what other people will think, which is a perception that can be changed. Another comment I received was change FEAR to "Feeling Excited and Ready". I really liked that, thanks Cecily!

Now imagine, you feel you need to express your opinion, but feel fear, which is a perception that can be changed. You change it to "Feeling Excited and Ready" now you can express yourself with confidence! In the past, I let fear perception control my actions by withholding my deepest thoughts and ideas. When fear distorts your perceptions and thoughts understand you can change it! Change your fears to perceptions and actions of love. You can always replace fear with love. Love is the strongest of all emotions and can rid you of your fears. When fear creeps up, and it will, change your thoughts to those of love.

Another cool acronym for FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real. We have been programmed from a very young age to fear a lot of things and that was for our own protection. Now it is a habitual thought pattern that can be changed. How many times have you not done something, because fear has held you back? This fear is not real, it is in your imagination. It is in from your ego, that little negative voice inside your head. Let those fear thoughts come and go, and laugh at them, knowing that they are not real! In your quest in understanding fear you will need courage to dig deep within your conscious mind.

Understanding fear and let love guide your thoughts, words and actions.

I love this quote from Neale Donald Walsch because it puts it in very simple terms. So we know whenever we have feelings of fear or guilt put them out of our mind and replace it with love and awareness. Breath in and out and think about love. As you become aware of those old feelings and replace them you will become closer to your greatness within you. This will take time as our minds will continue to bring those old programmed thoughts into our conscious minds. Be persistent and realize in time you will know the truth about fear and guilt. This will help you in understanding fear.

Do not trust fear. Do not trust panic. We can trust ourselves, stand in our own truth, and stand in our own light. We have it now. Already. We have all the light we need for today. And tomorrow's light shall be given to us then. Patty Doolen