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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Eliminate F.E.A.R.

I've heard this acronym several times, the first time from Jodi a dear friend of mine. This week the message came to me again in the form of an article on eliminating fear from your life. It was mentioned that the Unity Founder, Charles Fillmore said that F.E.A.R means:
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
One of the suggestions was to do a reality check of  fear which I decided to do. I used the acronym as a tool to eliminate the fear which I was holding to in my life. The article said that when you feel any fear or negativity, ask yourself whether there is any real or present danger to you. I did that and discovered that NO, there was no real danger.  The only danger or problem was in my imagination. It was false.


Wow!

Mark Twain once said: “I am a very old man and have suffered a great many misfortunes, most of which never happened.” He was talking about using our imaginations to see ourselves going through what we don't want in our lives. We can use our imagination to create what we want in our life, OR to torment ourselves with everything that could go wrong in our life.

In the book Ask and it is Given by Jerry and Esther Hicks it is quoted: 
“Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don’t want."

Where does worry come from? From fear of what the future might hold.  

However, the future hasn't come yet. What we have is the present and we can chose in this present moment to feel positive, to believe in the best possible outcome, to be enthusiastic, to feel happy OR we can allow our imagination to concoct all sorts of worst case scenarios and live in fear or worry.

It's completely OUR choice.

Which will you choose?

I hope you have a great day!
Mari

Mari Mitchell Porter
Certified Life Coach
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http://lifecoachmari.com/
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