Fear or Love?
“She was powerful,
not because she wasn’t scared,
but because she went on so
strongly,
despite the fear”.
~Atticus
Keeping it real!
NO ONE is exempt here. Fear is a natural and normal part of the human condition. It is part of the territory of growth and healing.
Growth can be scary. Sometimes it feels as though you are about to jump off a cliff and do not know if there is a net to catch you.
It’s what we choose to do with the fear that is crucial. We can oblige and pull the covers over our heads OR we can step in and step past the fear into possibility.
When we choose to continue to step forward into the unknown – despite the fear – our strength builds. It is always an opportunity to build our confidence in who we are as our upright and whole selves.
It is scary to let go of sabotaging patterns. Addictions serve to some degree and we consistently make the choice to step out of them – away from the cycle – what is left is so pure, raw, and often foreign.
I have witnessed in myself on my own path as well as with clients over the years the tendency to collapse into fear during a big growth spurt. When we are being reorganized and healed from the inside out it is foreign territory and naturally our fear-based survival instincts kick into gear.
What do we do in those moments?
Continuously meeting that fear and taking steps forward on your own behalf is the work. There is that moment, that pause, that I call the “sweet spot” in which the opportunity to allow in the space, the breath, the self-soothing to interrupt the cycle. These are the moments that become golden opportunities to sustainably shift patterns and step more fully into who we are. To feel ourselves through the fear and to cultivate that strength and faith and to continue on despite the scary unknown.
The step out on the other side brings another layer of strength and perseverance.
Holding ourselves closely with love and unwavering support to become bigger, brighter, and more full of the whole of who we are.
The opportunity to stand taller – to speak clearer – to move out of the fear and into the place of love.
