Live Beyond Your Fears.

 

                 Live beyond your fears.

When it comes to fear, the only thing to fear about fear, is fear itself.

Once you've done the thing you fear most, you'll probably be surprised at how easy it was to overcome.

If you’re really struggling in fear, you can turn to God for help, courage and guidance and you will receive it, for He will aid you when you call to Him. It’s a promise of His, in the bible. 

Interestingly; the first written words Adam of the bible spoke, were; “I heard Your voice in the garden and I was afraid,” so even way back then, fear had a hold.

Successful people are not exempt from fear, as we tend to think. Successful people are used to overriding the fear they feel. 

Fear can be false and it can all be in your mind. Successful people know this and they have cues, which they employ to supersede the feelings of fear.

Fear is part of human nature. It's what keeps us from danger, but fear can and does, get blown out of proportion.

Fear can be a destructive force in your life, if you allow it to stop you from living life to its fullest. It can also be your saving grace, stopping you from attempting something dangerous. Putting the dangers aside, from reckless behaviour, we can look at other kinds of fear. 

There are many things we can be fearful over; finances, relationships, parenting, health, death, career, even personal goals can cause us to feel fear.

Fear takes us captive, and weakens our resolve. 

When we're fearful, we're less likely to take on new challenges. Challenge is the key to living a fulfilled life, and when fear stops us, we aren’t living up to our greatest potential.

It’s been said 'fear not' is written 366 times in the bible, one for each day of the year, including a leap year. That shows you how big fear was, even way back into the early written history of man.

Fear brings about more fear. It's like a cancer that grows and spreads. Fear can start in one area of your life and then you pick up another fear along the way and so on, until you're afraid to try any new thing whether easy or hard and you can even become fearful of things you once enjoyed.

Fear exaggerates issues and makes them appear larger and more menacing, than they really are. Fear causes you to doubt your ability and makes you feel stupid, even though you know you aren’t.

Fear causes lack of action on our part, as we contend to stay within our comfort zone and try to eliminate the stress fear could bring to our life. 

Staying in fear, without looking to resolve it, causes stagnation, paralyses in our decision making and doubt in our own abilities.

Being afraid wastes energy, energy which could be put to better, more positive uses. 

With fear, the problem won't go away, until you face your fear. Fear is unlikely to leave of its own accord. It puts you in a prison of your own making and often you feel defeated, before you even begin, once fear is cemented in place.

To break the hold of fear, purposely chose to move into the unknown, regardless of the fear you're feeling. 

Fear disheartens and sickens, ages and depresses, if it has a hold on our life.  The opposite of fear is faith which inspires, strengthens and heals and that’s the direction you want to head.

Action is the only way you can escape fear. Have faith in yourself and step into your fear filled moments, with as much courage as you can muster (even fear filled faith, is better then letting fear win in your life).

Each fear you overcome stretches you. Once you’ve overcome fear in one area, it brings more strength and resolve to overcome fear in the next area. 

Fear has no benefit. Again, we’re not talking about protective fear in dangerous situations, but irrational fear; fear from the effects of doing normal, every-day, run of the mill stuff.

Fear has no upside, it just pushes you in the wrong direction, saps your energy and immobilizes you.

You feel smaller than you actually are, when you allow fear to run your life and you sell yourself short when you accept fear. However, if you step out and overcome, you can beat fear and go on to do many wonderful and fascinating things with your life.

When you succumb to your fears, you’re beaten before you even start and it’s up to you to do what it takes to overcome fear. 

I heard it said once; as a parent it’s up to you to instil confidence in your child. As an adult, it’s up to you to instil confidence in yourself. So, no excuses - roll up your sleeves and do the work, to overcome the fear in your life.

Borrow and buy books on the topic. Listen to you tube and learn how others overcame their fears. Take back your life and live beyond your fears.