Teacher

The point to remember is that when you blame any outside force for any of your experience of life, you are literally giving away all your power and thus creating pain, paralysis and depression.

One of the most valuable lessons in learning to diminish fear is embodied in the phrase SAY YES TO YOUR UNIVERSE.

She knows the answer to her question “what if?” The answer is: “I’ll handle it!”

The truth is:

If you knew you could handle anything that came your way, what would you have to fear?

The answer is: NOTHING!

“I know I’ll handle it. I have nothing to worry about.”

So take only those risks each day that build your sense of self-worth. These are the risks that enhance your ability to deal with your fears. EXPAND! EXPAND! EXPAND!

It is fairly predictable, however, that when you’ve finally mastered something and gotten rid of the fear, you will feel so good that you will decide that there is something else out there you want to accomplish, and guess what! The fear begins again as you prepare to meet a new challenge.

I had to shift from being afraid of making a mistake to being afraid of not making a mistake.

Adopt an attitude of “It’s all happening perfectly. Let’s see what good I can create from the situation.”

The secret in handling fear is to move yourself from a position of pain to a position of power. The fact that you have the fear becomes irrelevant.

When we are concerned with something bigger than ourselves, our fears are greatly diminished.