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Fear...Friend or Foe?

It's amazing how paralyzing fear can be.  You know the feeling all too well.  There's that job, career, that relationship, circumstance, opportunity you've been dreaming about, fantasizing about, envisioning.  You can see yourself positioned for a successful outcome.  It calls to you and you feel the excitement building from within.  In your mind, you can't lose!  It's your world and you're in command.  If only you had the opportunity, you would Carpe Diem (cease the day)!  You know it's coming, you just have to be patient.  Your day will come.  Someone will notice what you have to offer and give you the chance to prove yourself.  Truth is, the only person that needs to take notice of what you have to offer is you.  But you continue to go through life thinking you were meant to do more, achieve more, be more, make a difference, make your mark on the world.  Then, on one unsuspecting day an opportunity presents itself and this is precisely when you start to feel it.  Brief excitement with butterflies in your stomach at first, immediately followed by doubts and questions.  Am I good enough?  Can I really do this?  I wasn't quite ready.  Who am I to think I can have this?  Your stomach just went from having butterflies to a full knot.  You feel the knot as it gets tighter and tighter.  Deep down inside you know going for it will leave you completely exposed to all.  You won't be able to hide behind the excuses any more.  Of course you don't want to fail or make a fool out of yourself.  So, what do you do?  Most people will let go of the opportunity and choose something more practical, safe.  They will continue dreaming and will try to convince themselves that they will have another break in the near future when they'll be more prepared.  What we don't realize is that the Universe has been sending us the chance we've been waiting for all along.  The fear is like a test to see whether or not we truly wanted it.  Are we going to honor our words, our thoughts and desires with action?  Or are we going to continue asking while ignoring the chances given to us?  Alice Walker once said, "Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams".  This means taking action in spite of the presence of fear.  We tend to fear most, that which can have the greatest positive impact in our lives.  Is it because at the core we're truly afraid of our greatness?  Of what we're capable of achieving?  What would happen if we decided to let go completely?  I mean, let go of the idea or need to control everything.  Actually use the fear to get us out of our comfort zones and let it guide us, as to where and what to dive into next.  How would that feel?  Would you feel free?  How would it change your life?  When you have a strong passion in your heart, it cannot be quieted down, not even by fear.  It's a greater calling that yearns to be fulfilled.  You have the choice to either follow it all the way, having faith that it will lead you to the outcome you've been envisioning all along or you can ignore it and never know the impact it could've had in your life.  So, ask yourself, how do you live your life and what is fear to you?