Facing Your Fears!

What is FEAR?

A difficult question to answer as to each one of us it means a different thing!

There are FEARS arising from such aspects as... 
danger, expectation of pain and physical events, which are natural responses,
but...

what about those PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGED and UNACKNOWLEDGED FEARS and, 
those HIDDEN FEARS?
FEARS that are caused by and from such things as -

 JUDGMENT
OTHERS OPINIONS
INCORRECT THINKING OF 'SELF'
SELF DOUBT
NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH
BEING WEAK
CHANGE*
THE FUTURE
and...
the LIST  goes on-and-on!

Dear Reader you know what FEARS I mean...
it is those FEARS that you identify with,
it is those FEARS that you keep hidden,
and...
it is those FEARS that are there but NOT ACKNOWLEDGED.

YES, all those FEARS that are within...
those that maybe you keep yourself,
 or...
those that maybe you act upon through such things as...
PROCRASTINATION
KEEPING BUSY
PERFECTIONISM
ANGER
SHYNESS
BULLYING
LOW SELF ESTEEM**

SADLY OUR THOUGHT PATTERNS, INNER IMAGE and ULTIMATELY,
 OUR LIFE, 
CAN BE RULED BY ANY ONE OR ALL OF THESE TYPES OF FEARS***

Our INNER IMAGE is the private picture that we have of ourselves,
and...
 which reflects OUR OWN thoughts, feelings and actions all of which we mostly keep within.
To hide them we instead put on a MASK****  so as to cope with,
 situations, people,
 and...
 those INNER FEARS! 

Our OUTER IMAGE is the public picture that we portray outwardly for others to see.
Mostly this image is so very different from our INNER IMAGE,
and is one that we build upon from childhood and throughout our life**
So sadly we can end up NEGLECTING and IGNORING our INNER SELF,
INSTEAD...
we NOURISH, CARE FOR and TEND this OUTER IMAGE!

WE END UP LIVING BEHIND A WALL and EMPTY INSIDE!

If we live behind this WALL we will find ourselves LIVING WITH and THROUGH our FEARS.
But if we CHOOSE to  BREAK THROUGH this WALL we will instead be able to FACE our FEARS!

Everything you want is ultimately on the other side of FEAR as FEAR OBSCURES our vision,
 and we only see our LIMITATIONS! 
Be an EXPLORER...
 the WORLD is filled with so much WONDER and MAGICAL THINGS.
LIFE is a PROMISE and...
our real VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY lies NOT in HIDING from our FEARS...
or... 
seeing with OBSCURED EYES, 
but INSTEAD it lies in STEPPING OUT WITH FAITH, CONFIDENCE, BELIEF...
and...
having NEW EYES to SEE! 

To STEP OUT we need to ACKNOWLEDGE our FEARS... 
RECOGNIZE them,
and
 STEP OUT THROUGH what we FEAR going FORWARDS against those contrary beliefs that swirl within our minds....
GO FORWARDS and NEVER TURN BACK,
INSTEAD...
 PRESS ON WARDS until you have over-come!
Though this may seen so very difficult at times... if you look inwards to yourself - really look - you will become AWARE of the RESOURCES that you have,
and...
therein lies the POWER...

YOUR POWER...

to OVERCOME YOUR FEARS!

Dear Friends

my wish for you all is to live a fulfilling life. One where you can be your authentic self and live not in fear but in peace... happiness and... LOVE!

Why walk with FEAR when you CAN WALK through it!

May your JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY be FREE of FEAR!
written in love
Ruth

*      have a look at my blog entry on Embracing Change

http://ruanca.blogspot.co.nz/2015/05/embrace-change.html

**    have a look at my blog entry on Self Esteem

http://ruanca.blogspot.co.nz/2015/05/self-esteem-what-are-your-values.html

***  have a look at my blog entry on Challenging your through patterns

http://ruanca.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/challenge-your-thought-patterns-today.html

**** have a look at my blog entry on The Masks We Wear

http://ruanca.blogspot.co.nz/2015/03/the-masks-we-wear.html