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When new
challenges and opportunities show up in our lives, we may diagnose ourselves
as feeling scared when what we really feel is excited. Often we have not been
taught how to welcome the thrill of a new opportunity, and so we opt to back
off, indulging our anxiety instead of awakening our courage. One way to
inspire ourselves to embrace the opportunities that come our way is to look
more deeply into our feelings and see that butterflies in our stomach or a
rapidly beating heart are not necessarily a sign that we are afraid. Those
very same feelings can be translated as excitement, curiosity, passion, and
even love.
There is nothing wrong with being afraid as long as we do not let it stop us
from doing the things that excite us. Most of us assume that brave people are
fearless, but the truth is that they are simply more comfortable with fear
because they face it on a regular basis. The more we do this, the more we
feel excitement in the face of challenges rather than anxiety. The more we
cultivate our ability to move forward instead of backing off, the more we
trust ourselves to be able to handle the new opportunity, whether it’s a new
job, an exciting move, or a relationship. When we feel our fear, we can
remind ourselves that maybe we are actually just excited. We can assure
ourselves that this opportunity has come our way because we are meant to take
it.
Framing things just a little differently can dramatically shift our mental
state from one of resistance to one of openness. We can practice this new way
of seeing things by saying aloud: I am really excited about this job
interview. I am really looking forward to going on a date with this amazing
person. I am excited to have the opportunity to do something I have never
done before. As we do this, we will feel our energy shift from fear, which
paralyzes, to excitement, which empowers us to direct all that energy in the
service of moving forward, growing, and learning.
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