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Anything really worth doing in our lives
will always have some fear attached to it. Anything worth doing will always have some
fear attached to it. For example, having a baby, getting married, changing
careers — all of these life changes can bring up deep fears. It helps to
remember that this type of fear is good. It is your way of questioning
whether you really want the new life these changes will bring. It is also a
potent reminder that releasing and grieving the past is a necessary part of
moving into the new. Fear has a way of throwing us off balance,
making us feel uncertain and insecure, but it is not meant to discourage us.
Its purpose is to notify us that we are at the edge of our comfort zone,
poised in between the old life and a new one. Whenever we face our fear, we
overcome an inner obstacle and move into new and life-enhancing territory,
both inside and out. The more we learn to respect and even welcome fear, the
more we will be able to hear its wisdom — wisdom that will let us know that
the time has come to move forward or not. While comfort with fear is a
contradiction in terms, we can learn to honor our fear, recognizing its
arrival, listening to its intelligence, and respecting it as a harbinger of
transformation. Indeed, it informs us that the change we are contemplating is
significant, enabling us to approach it with the proper reverence. You might wish to converse with your fear,
plumbing its depths for a greater understanding of the change you are making.
You could do this by sitting quietly in meditation and listening or by
journaling. Writing down whatever comes up — your worries, your sadness, your
excitement, your hopes — is a great way to learn about yourself through the
vehicle of fear and to remember that fear almost always comes alongside
anything worth doing in your life. |
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