{"id":224,"date":"2014-10-15T01:18:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T01:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/sassyspirit\/?p=224"},"modified":"2014-10-15T01:19:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T01:19:17","slug":"dont-go-into-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/sassyspirit\/2014\/10\/dont-go-into-fear.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t go into Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The media can grab our attention with the things we &#8220;should&#8221; be afraid of.\u00a0 The list grows by the day.\u00a0 It sells.\u00a0 It keeps us imprisoned in fear.\u00a0 This keeps us small.\u00a0 It makes us want to escape reality if we think we can&#8217;t improve it.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to survive or thrive?<\/p>\n<p>If you focus on just surviving and going through the motions&#8230;,it&#8217;s a half-lived life.\u00a0 Are you thriving?\u00a0 It feels so different.\u00a0 Does this mean you don&#8217;t have things you&#8217;re still working on?\u00a0 No, cause you&#8217;re human.\u00a0 But you can see what&#8217;s going well, what needs tweaking, and how you can improve.\u00a0 Growing, learning, and becoming more, as you accept yourself, is the\u00a0yin and yang of it.<\/p>\n<p>Think of your own journey as an evolution.\u00a0 The evolution takes time, but it doesn&#8217;t have to take long once we decide.<\/p>\n<p>I have to ask myself, where do I keep myself small?\u00a0 I am learning where I&#8217;ve placed my own limitations.\u00a0 Looking at my habits, patterns, mindset, and what I spend my time and energy on is bringing up a lot for me.\u00a0 I see it falling into categories like numbing out,\u00a0distractions (media of all kinds), to-do lists and business that doesn&#8217;t&#8217; feel productive.\u00a0 If I shift focus, I want to put my energy on my family, making money, enjoying life, and my soul&#8217;s purpose.\u00a0 If it doesn&#8217;t feel good what I&#8217;m doing, I have to take a look at what that means.\u00a0 Either I don&#8217;t do it or shift my focus.\u00a0 I can spread myself too thin and then lose my center if not.\u00a0 My energy is depleted and I feel deflated and small again.\u00a0 Fear wears many disguises and it can have us running in circles trying to do-be-have enough.<\/p>\n<p>I can ask myself&#8230;is this important?\u00a0 Does this deserve my time?\u00a0 If I know my worth, does this serve me?\u00a0 If I love myself, would I ____?<\/p>\n<p>I ask the Universe to release anything that no longer serves me.\u00a0 In this space where limitations have lived, now possibilities will dwell.\u00a0 I ask for newness.\u00a0 My job is to look in the direction\u00a0of what I want to\u00a0and not to get caught up in fear.\u00a0 I have a choice.\u00a0 I can look at\u00a0the news, kickin&#8217; around the same thinking that gets people nowhere or\u00a0I can turn off and tune out\u00a0what is fear and place my laser focus on what I do want.\u00a0 I can focus on love, strength, good vibes, higher thinking, solutions, possibilities, dreams, and such.\u00a0 There are many realities in any given moment, in any given room, in any given mind.\u00a0 We have so much power.\u00a0 I now pick up my light saber and be like\u00a0Yoda says\u00a0&#8220;<em>Do or do not.\u00a0 There is no try<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0I will\u00a0connect to the Force.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always there, waiting for me.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always there for me to choose it or fear.\u00a0\u00a0 How much can I let this infinite Divine cosmic force occupy my consciousness?<\/p>\n<p>What I know for sure is&#8230;no fear&#8230;I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media can grab our attention with the things we &#8220;should&#8221; be afraid of.\u00a0 The list grows by the day.\u00a0 It sells.\u00a0 It keeps us imprisoned in fear.\u00a0 This keeps us small.\u00a0 It makes us want to escape reality if we think we can&#8217;t improve it. 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