There are fear-based people and joy-based people. There are times in your life you are fear- based and times when you grow through that and learn to find joy. We get hit with some issues, at different points, that wear us down and fear emerges. A lot of times we're born into fear and we know no other way. Whatever the cause, it is no way to live. We must find a path through living in fear and grab that victorious life of joy.
It isn't always easy. In fact, it just isn't easy at all. We learn to like our fear, it is our comfort, our 'way'. We have told ourselves stories for so long that those stories are what we know so well and we can't imagine a life beyond. Fear has 'worked' for us for years and we don't know how we'd do in other situations. We are afraid to let go of fear.
Listen, I hear you. I get it! I've been there. I was born into fear and it took literally YEARS of learning a new way to get out of it. I made it, though! I have lived in joy for a good many years and it is wonderful! We need to make new stories for ourselves. YES! Stories! Tell yourself something different! Challenge the way you've always thought! If you've told yourself you're useless for years, look in that mirror and start telling yourself how useful you are! If you've thought you were ugly for years, look at yourself again with new eyes and find that beauty! You are the stories you tell yourself. Break through fear and locate that joy center. You'll never want to go back. These are your choices in life. Yours alone.
“There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” FDR
Take Good Care Today.
One of my favorite quotes is "I'll see it when I believe it".
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