“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one fears about are of no importance whatsoever.” –Isak Dinesen
Worrying is a great thief of time and so is fear. Fear of the future. Fear of criticism. Fear of ignorance, Fear of society. These fears are our constant companions, preventing us from leading a fulfilled existence. We need to address these fears and put them in their proper perspective if we want to lead a good life. We need to transform these niggling worries into powerful tools to bring about change in our lives. The better you get at handling fear, the more blessed your life will become. On this road to ‘We shall overcome’, seek the presence of three things which will make your journey through life a lot smoother. Find comfort and solace in faith, friendship and facts. Response to challengeA friend in need is a friend indeed. An old adage but how true! How many of you pride yourselves on being self sufficient to the extent of even confronting your secret demons (fears) on your own? Has it ever worked out? Travelling alone on life’s perilous road is a rocky prospect. When you are faced with fear, turn to a friend, with whom you can share and confide your problems. Turn to that person for help. Don’t be afraid of reaching out. As you put your heads and hearts together, those mysterious and sometimes vague fears will just fade into the background. Sometimes in life you get stuck because you feel that something vital is missing and you don’t have a clue to what that is. The solution is simple. Knowledge and information are the two keys. The truth is that sometimes you are afraid of moving on a particular course because you don’t have the necessary facts to proceed. For any goal to be achieved, you need to be armed with the facts in order to succeed. So, go ahead. Arm yourself with all the facts you need on a particular subject or a course of action. Research the net, enrol in a course, and go to libraries. With this wealth of information and facts, your fears will slowly fade into the background. When you have your friends and facts in place, all you need is faith and trust in yourself to make the picture complete. The faith that you can move forward and handle anything that life throws in your way, will help you develop your confidence in yourself and in a power that is divine. So, the next time you find yourself fretting over an issue and fearing a confrontation on it, don’t work yourself into a frenzy. Stop. Learn to have faith and trust. Remember, faith is the bedrock of life. It has the power to move mountains and the fears lurking in your conscious and unconscious mind. When you want to move ahead, take your three musketeers, ‘friend, fact and faith’ along with you. They will conquer all your fears. |
Are you a worrier? We all are to a certain extent, but some of us are more pessimistic than others. When we worry, it’s always the worst possible thing that comes first to mind.