Are You Feeding Your Fear?

FEAR has two meanings

“Forget Everything and Run

Face Everything and Rise” — Zig Ziglar

Fear is a natural thing to protect you from being hurt. Most fears arise from the fear of being judged, fear of being hurt, fear of failure or fear of what people think. Fear is programmed in such a way to protect you, but it also stops us from seeing things clearly because our mind is clouded by anxiety.

If you have been experiencing inaction due to fear and are not sure how to overcome it, this article is for you.

Why a healthy dose of Fear is good?

Over time, I learned to recognize that fear comes from a place of love. Fear protects you from being hurt and is a natural flight response when we feel unsafe. Fear is unlikely to go away and will be part of our journey of self-growth. To grow, we need to learn to find ways to embrace and accept our fear while moving forward.

Are you feeding your fear?

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” — Franklin Roosevelt.

It is easy to spiral down and circle in one’s own prison. The easy way out is by avoiding it.

However, the pain of inaction sometimes is more painful than the fear of taking actions. Here are the top 5 regrets of the dying, some of which are due to inaction caused by fear.

Embrace your fear!

The following affirmations are helpful whenever I feel paralyzed by fear, and I hope this will help you get out of your inner confined box.

• I am safe at this moment.
• It is OK to be scared or feel fear.
• I shall embrace fear from a place of love, letting it serve as a reminder to grow and expand myself.

“The more important a call or action to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” — Steven Pressfield, bestselling author

Food for thoughts

Personally, I feel that the more significant things are to you, the more fear you experience. Fear is a reminder of what is worth leaving our comfort zone for. Here’s a beautiful image illustrated by Pejman Milani.

Below are great writings from writers about fear that inspired this writing:

• Fear is keeping you stuck here’s how to destroy it: Benjamin Hardy, PhD beautifully worded how being consistent, doing the most difficult tasks first thing in the day, and focusing on your own infinite game are ways to conquer fear with baby steps.
• Don’t Let Fear Hold You Back in Your Writing: The Professor of Medium with his wise words of encouragement for budding writers who are confronting their inner fear.
• Discovering that my fear comes from a place of love but doesn’t always know what’s best for me: @journeyfrommeh who shares a perspective where fear comes from a place of love.