Showing posts with label trust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trust. Show all posts

Thursday, April 7, 2011

The Hurdle of Fear


What has fear kept you from doing? Fear has kept me from going back to school, proclaiming I'm an artist, starting my own business, quitting toxic relationships with people and institutions. It's kept me from trying new things.

Fear has kept me from proclaiming my truth. It's not like an ogre was standing over me saying, "Stop." or "If you_______, then I will_______ (imagine the worst case scenario here.)" Nope--it's all inside my head. And, boy, do I have a creative imagination. I can catastophize about anything.

You know I act and talk all brave until fear comes knocking at my door. Tomorrow you will see what happens when I heard the fear and I felt the fear and then I did it anyway. Don't forget to remind everyone you know to check back here tomorrow. It's going to be good.

What is fear keeping you from doing today? What would happen if you heard the fear and felt it and did it anyway?

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Trust

So I've decided to center Wednesday posts around the theme of brave, my word for the year. So here it goes. . .

“Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.” – James Baldwin

I read this great quote on someone else's blog today. It really struck me about how much I don't trust--I don't expect the joy and I don't trust good will come from sorrow.

I also found this wonderful list about trust from jen lemen. I wonder how life will be different when I can trust that fully.

What are your thoughts on trust?