{"id":2638,"date":"2011-12-08T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2011-12-04T17:30:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T22:30:33","slug":"fear-false-evidence-appearing-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/12\/fear-false-evidence-appearing-real.html","title":{"rendered":"Fear &#8211; False Evidence Appearing Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2011\/12\/Skydiving-II2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2642\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/12\/Skydiving-II2-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>O<span style=\"color: #000080\">ne of my greatest fears was a fear of heights, so I jumped out of a plane with a parachute in a tandem jump in 1986.\u00a0 The feeling was beyond words and to this day, I draw strength from it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Such a powerful experience shattered those fears and belief systems and\u00a0it\u00a0turned out to be\u00a0so much fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">There is only a little difference in the tone scale of fear and excitement.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">If you think you are becoming fearful, notice it and look for the fun and excitement.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">Stay open, stay positive and encourage yourself with positive self talk and acknowledgement.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">What is your greatest fear? What are your belief systems about it?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> How do you allow it to hold you back from what you want?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> What areas of your life does it affect?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Definition of fear:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>F<\/strong>alse<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> <strong>E<\/strong>vidence<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> <strong>A<\/strong>ppearing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> <strong>R<\/strong>eal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Have the courage to face and confront your fear and watch it dissolve.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> When you shine the light of awareness and truth on fear, it becomes clear that it is false evidence that appeared real.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">The power of positive thinking overwhelms and destroys fear and negativity.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> It\u00a0requires just as much energy to be negative as it does to be positive, yet the consistent long term results are very different.\u00a0 Which do you choose now?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Creating a strong pattern of positive thinking creates an empowered life and success.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> If you use that same energy in a negative direction the results are destructive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Either way, you have to expend the same amount of energy.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Doesn&#8217;t it make more sense to be positive and create the life you want and deserve?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">If you have a negative pattern or fear, consistent focus on a new, positive thought, pattern or behavior for 20 days will replace the old one.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080\">Positive self talk is so important and powerful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Scientists have discovered that over 95% of all negative thoughts and fears do not happen.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Negative thoughts are a waste of energy because eventually you have to focus on the positive and what you actually want to create and do it.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>&#8220;<\/em>Why worry, it will probably NEVER happen<\/strong><em>.&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2><em><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Change your thoughts and you change your world<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Norman Vincent Peale<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><br \/>\nsmiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2011\/12\/think_you_can.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2644\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/12\/think_you_can-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; One of my greatest fears was a fear of heights, so I jumped out of a plane with a parachute in a tandem jump in 1986.\u00a0 The feeling was beyond words and to this day, I draw strength from it. 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