what you fear, you must eventually face

What are you afraid of?
What is it that you ruminate about all day in your head? Is it not being successful enough? Not having a family? Not making enough money? Not finding love? Are you afraid of death?
All of these fears can be very real - and the interesting thing is that our minds cannot differentiate our thoughts from reality.
If we are thinking about our fears all day long, our bodies react to those fears as though they are real. This can explain the number of stress related illnesses that our society faces today. In addition to that, we let our imaginations run wild, and we spend hours a day thinking about things that have never happened and will never happen. That is the irony about the way most of us live our lives - through fear....real or imagined. The difference doesn't even matter.
The truth is that all of the things we fear - we must eventually face, to get over them. If you fear that you will get ill, then in our minds, we have to face that - and decide then what we will do with it. We can imagine how it will feel to be ill, or bankrupt, or have a loved one pass away - and when we confront that fear -we know that it has no basis in reality, it is just imagined....it may in fact happen, or it may never happen - but is that reason to live in a constant state of fear? Absolutely not!
One of the big fears and stresses that people have right now are related to finances, that is to be sure. Another one is the fear of ill health or death. But it seems almost too easy when you think about it...that just facing it will just fix it.
No, it won't be fixed over night....but I often times see people complain about their fear of debt and spend money frivolously. Or complain that they feel fat, or unhealthy, and then just continue in the same ways that got them to that state to begin with. Do things get better? Nope, just worse.
Seth Godin is a best selling author, entrepreneur and agent of change. He writes a fabulous blog and is very influential in today's online world.
Godin says this: "Why not shine a light on the holes we're digging today as opposed to the canyons we'll have to deal with years from now?"
Why I like this is because there is so much truth to what we do unknowingly. We shy away from our fears and ignore them, perhaps procrastinate and hope things just go away - and we know that they don't - but sometimes we are willing to die trying. Why ignore something that you fear, when if you face it, you can accept it and move on?
Dr. Wayne Dyer says this: "Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed."
We must stop fearing things in our lives - this fear is paralyzing. That question of "what if?" is immobilizing. Facing fears, and realizing that what goes on in your mind becomes your reality - you can be set free and begin to enjoy the life you are living each day. Because today and the moment you are in, is the only thing that you have control over.
Separate yourself from your fears - understand that they are just that...and break away.
Live life today.
Have a great day!
Namaste.