Don’t let fear stop you from achieving what you are destined to achieve. Don’t let fear stop you from acts of kindness and compassion. Fear is the enemy of growth, love, and joy. Laugh at it. Let it know it no longer in control.
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Today’s Power Thought ~ Overcome Fear
When we overcome our fear and embrace the challenge confronting us,
we conquer more than a mountain, we conquer our fear.
Today’s Power Thought ~ Growing Stronger with Each Challenge
Each time you conquer a steep challenge, you conquer the fear in yourself. Confidence grows, courage replaces fear.
A Better Life ~ Master Your Fears
Don’t let your fears convince you they are speaking the truth. When we confront our fears and act in spite of them, our fears run for cover for they have met their master.
Something to Think About
Is today the day you challenge yourself to do something you’ve wanted to do, but keep putting off? Is today the day, you face the challenge determined to take it on? Even if you fail, big deal, the challenge won’t go away, but you’ll come back a bit wiser and stronger. The challenge may be physical like dieting or exercising. It may be intellectual. It may be relational. Whatever the challenge you’ve thought about and set aside, take it on. Face it. Kick its ass.
Something to Think About
It’s easy to criticize, condemn, and portray people who hold different views than us as evil, foolish, or ignorant. Often, these projections are made onto whole groups, e.g., those who hold different political views, without ever knowing the individual and why the individual feels the way he/she feels. There is no dialogue. There is no attempt to understand. There is no effort to dig deeper into either one’s own views or the views of the other. When we lose our fear of dialogue or discovering that we may possible be wrong, divisiveness remains in control.
Today’s Poem ~ The Lockless Door
The Lockless Door
Robert Frost
It went many years,
But at last came a knock,
And I thought of the door
With no lock to lock.
But at last came a knock,
And I thought of the door
With no lock to lock.
I blew out the light,
I tip-toed the floor,
And raised both hands
In prayer to the door.
But the knock came again.
My window was wide;
I climbed on the sill
And descended outside.
Back over the sill
I bade a ‘Come in’
To whatever the knock
At the door may have been.
So at a knock
I emptied my cage
To hide in the world
And alter with age.
Today’s Power Thought ~ Send Fear Running
When you’re facing a big challenge and fear knocks on your door, take the challenge. It was designed for you. You have the strength, endurance, and intelligence to send fear running. The challenge won’t be easy, but the opportunities it offers are worth the struggle. Grab hold of it and don’t let go.
Today’s Good Word ~ Face It
Early in my career I had a mentor who told me that I would find myself in situations where fear was knocking on my door. My mentor, tongue in cheek, said, “where loose fitting pants so they can’t see your legs shaking.” Then he added, “whatever you do, face it. Don’t turn your back on it because it will show up with a different disguise. Face it early, don’t let them see your legs shaking.” He was right, I faced a number of situations where fear knocked on my door. I also followed his advice and faced it. It made all the difference.
Today’s Power Thought ~ Face Your Fears & Challenges
With each challenge you face and conquer you become stronger.
With each fear you face and push aside your courage and confidence grow.
