Fear is the opposite of love. Fear is the worry, the dread of what you think may happen to you if things don’t go right for you. The feeling of fear can be felt right the way through your body it disrupts your mind, it can make you sleepless and if allowed to fester can bring about the thing that you actually fear most.
The story of Job in the Bible illustrates this point perfectly. The book of job is one of the oldest books in the Bible and may indeed contain one of the most important passages, namely Job 3:25:
“For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.”
This is almost inevitable when fear overcomes you, for if your every waking thought and most importantly if your over-riding feeling is of fear and you can only manifest what is in your thoughts, then it must be so. Remember the thought first and then the thing. Fear should be avoided at all costs. Here are a few useful tactics to try and combat fear:
- No your enemy: Work-out exactly what it is that you are fearing. Sometime it can be difficult to pinpoint what is bothering us most so write down exactly what it is that is troubling you. Once you can see it in black and white you can see it for what it really is which can often reduce the fear factor straight-away.
- The ‘Law of Attraction’: This seems to be a bit of a buzz phrase at the moment but this law is really as old as the hills, no-one can really prove it or disprove it but by holding onto the feeling of fear you are very often drawing it more and more into your reality.
- Use fear as a motivation: Some boxers claim fear is what keeps them going, keeps spurring them on, forces them to keep their guard up when they need it most and makes them alert and aware of their surroundings more. Try turning fear around on itself in this manner and use it as a tool to help you rather than destroy you.
- The world will not stop spinning: Remember that whatever your problem large or small even in the worst case scenario the world will not stop spinning, you will find a way and things are never as bad as they seem.
- Mindfulness: Try dropping doubtful and fearful thoughts. At first this is not easy but remember you have complete control over the thoughts you put in your mind, no-one else. When a negative thought springs to mind be aware that it is their and then consciously drop that thought, change it to a positive image of you achieving your goals. This positive thinking tactic alone can change your fortunes.
- Turn your fear into opportunity: Fears tend to revolve around problems so try to see your problem more as an opportunity. welcome the problem as an opportunity to test yourself and grow. Take a step back and see it for what it is, whatever the situation imagine a way through it and make it so. Some of the biggest disasters in history have been the starting point of amazing success stories.
These are just a few pointers but positive thinking combined with perseverance and a positive outlook on life you can and Will conquer your fear…if you want to. You are ultimately in charge of your thoughts and you can change them to whatever you want them to be, do not let fear dictate to you!
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