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There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.
Robert Frost
For the most part, my negative mind is only a silent understudy of my more functioning person. Exception: PMS time when my negative mind emerges from behind the curtain to take center stage.
These are several concerns voiced by the negative mind including:
What if your faith is misplaced?
What if it’s time to go to Plan B and you’re still stubbornly stuck on Plan A?
What if your belief in an abundant future is misguided? You’re up caca creek, Girl, without a paddle.
I try to overtake my negative understudy in various ways. I assure her that I am well and that I can handle the performance. She doesn’t budge from the stage. I try the old hook at the end of the pole to drag her offstage but she’s wily and agile. I try to flood her with spotlights and a feeling of well-being hoping she’ll shrink back into the shadows but she’s demonstrative and tenacious - after being a wilting wallflower for most of the month, she’s hungry for the extra limelight. So I resign to allow her to strut and fret her hour upon the stage. I watch her voice my fears with interest, trying not to overly engage with them.
When the performance is over, I applaud and say, “I’ve seen and heard you. I know you think you’re here to watch my butt but it’s time to get back behind the curtain.” I claim the stage and pray for the day when my understudy isn’t such a pain in the butt.
How do your fears rear their nasty heads? What would it take to prevent them from ruining your performance?
Remember Fear's acronym: False Evidence Appearing Real.
As Eleanor Roosevelt noted, "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."
There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.
Robert Frost
For the most part, my negative mind is only a silent understudy of my more functioning person. Exception: PMS time when my negative mind emerges from behind the curtain to take center stage.
These are several concerns voiced by the negative mind including:
What if your faith is misplaced?
What if it’s time to go to Plan B and you’re still stubbornly stuck on Plan A?
What if your belief in an abundant future is misguided? You’re up caca creek, Girl, without a paddle.
I try to overtake my negative understudy in various ways. I assure her that I am well and that I can handle the performance. She doesn’t budge from the stage. I try the old hook at the end of the pole to drag her offstage but she’s wily and agile. I try to flood her with spotlights and a feeling of well-being hoping she’ll shrink back into the shadows but she’s demonstrative and tenacious - after being a wilting wallflower for most of the month, she’s hungry for the extra limelight. So I resign to allow her to strut and fret her hour upon the stage. I watch her voice my fears with interest, trying not to overly engage with them.
When the performance is over, I applaud and say, “I’ve seen and heard you. I know you think you’re here to watch my butt but it’s time to get back behind the curtain.” I claim the stage and pray for the day when my understudy isn’t such a pain in the butt.
How do your fears rear their nasty heads? What would it take to prevent them from ruining your performance?
Remember Fear's acronym: False Evidence Appearing Real.
As Eleanor Roosevelt noted, "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."
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