NO FEARS

 NO FEARS

You can live your dreams or live your fears. And I think most people actually don’t live their dreams, but live their fears. So I ask you a question. What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? Because we are all scared, aren't we?

We all have something blocking, which holds us back. And as we begin to look at life, we see that the reason why so many people do not live to their full potential and do not do all the things they would like to do is actually out of fear.

Some people call fear, false or anticipated evidence, a real appearance.

What are your fears? That prevented you from living your dream. That kept you from doing the things that you would like to do.

Let's think about these things. And how do we start to handle that? Abraham Maslow said life is about growing up. And he said you can go back to your place of comfort and where you will not find growth or you have to be willing to go ahead and face your fears over and over again, because you will never have fear for free.

I mean, some fears are justified and legitimate. There are some things you should really be afraid of. Now you must not let it hold you back. He agrees. He is considerate and responsible. There are times when we must keep on the watch. But the difference between suspension is fear. It is the difference between being afraid and being afraid to be with you. What do we do then? One, admit it and know it's okay. Do not give in to fear. It is very good to have some fear. You acknowledge your fears. You accept that fear and move on. You do whatever you are afraid of, because once you have accepted it, see what you resist will persist. What you resist will persist. So one of the most important things you can do is start to accept your fears.

One of the things you find is when you face your fears. Not as bad as you think it is. And when people tell you, I just can't do it, I can't hold you and realize that, really, really, I can't bear it. They think that they will not be there, they just walk away as if they were going to die.

Guess what? We all had moments when we faced our fears. We had to do something we felt uncomfortable with. We didn't want to do it and we didn't die. They didn't come, they took us and put us in a box somewhere. So what do we start to do? How do we handle that?

What is the process? Because everything is up here.

One, I think, consider the worst case scenario. Then I came up with an alternative. Imagine being able to handle them and be able to manage them. And I used to have a very low level of speaking in front of people who I felt were better than them, because I was not trained in college. I used to feel that college people were the smartest people in the world, and I had nothing to say to them. And why would they listen to me? That’s how I felt so I had to visualize myself speaking in front of them, speaking in front of a different audience that was struggling more than me, and seeing and appreciating my worth and that I was an important person, even though I didn’t want everything. I had no money. I had no education they had. So part of the process is to see yourself fit, to know, to have what you need to make you a special person, and that you have great power and deserve to be obeyed or you should have that dream and that love and whatever you see and think there. You have to visualize it and know that you already have what it takes.

Please, come after me. I have to visualize it. I found myself facing my fears, facing my fears. I am beyond knowing. So decide as you look at your life, as you look to the future and say, what fears are I holding on to? What doors do I allow to bind me, that prevent me from getting out, that keep me from living the way I can, that keep me from being really happy, that keeps me from having fun and happiness in my life.

What prevents me from controlling my destiny? What I'm afraid of is giving that permission. Notice what I said. That we must give our consent to fear, to shut us down because any discomfort you experience, any challenges or difficulties that exist, you have to deal with. You have to go up there and deal with it. Will it be easy? No.

Will it be a challenge? Yes. But that's just what you have to go through to get where you want to go, and guess what? He is strong enough to do it. You are strong enough and your life is worth anything you have to go through, whatever you have to do. This dream, you got it get whatever you want to do. Will it be easy to just run there and do it? No. Will it happen overnight? No. Will it be a struggle? Yes.

Will there be times when you just can't seem to get enough of it? Yes. That's part of you. Will there be times when you do not know what to do? Yes, that's your part. Did no one warn you that this was going to happen to you?

That's called life. There are such challenges. So what’s next is that you accept yourself, and then accept fear as reality and not power. See, when you accept and accept fear as real, that means it's something that happens. It is something you will experience. But it is not a force to be reckoned with. It has no special power except the one you gave it. So you accept the fact that you are scared and move on anyway. You go ahead and do whatever you have to do. And one of the things you have to do is look at your inner conversation and direct your thoughts and your thoughts, because if you don’t do that, your mind will take you on an uncontrollable journey. Part of what you have to do is be your own facilitator. You cannot, you cannot speak freely alone. You just have to be more discriminating with the help you render toward other people. And you feel your energy level rising and people will feel that around you.

See, now, if you go through life in fear, people can feel that. They can catch that fear. Look, when you are not filling your life with things that you can do. Look we all have things given to us. And I don’t think it’s a choice to stay on what we have. Look, if you are sitting on what you have, given, I think everyone has been given something to bring to the world, that you are the only one who can do that, you are the only one who can do that, you are the only one who can start that job. And if you don't do that, if you don't fill in your life with your life work or your goal, then there are gaps in your life. And what we do when we do not live up to our reality, we begin to fill in the gaps. We fill the holes with garbage. Alcohol, drugs, anxiety, harmful behavior. So once you start looking at your life and know that what you are not doing you can do it because you have allowed yourself to be caught in your fears. Now, when you have no real appreciation and acceptance of who you are and you allow yourself to be shaken by fear, what happens in this process is that you start to hurt yourself. You start to ruin your life. You start to ruin your dreams. You start to work against yourself unknowingly. You become your worst enemy.

So what do you do about it? You begin to see that your dream and your gifts are very meaningful and have great value to you until your hunger begins to push you away. Your hunger will give you a special drive as you work on your own, as you begin to acknowledge your true self, the true power you have, the true power you have to bring about change, the power to do miracles within you to do the things you want to do.

When life can no longer threaten you with death, what else is there? What else is there? And most of the fear we have is not the fear of life or death. They are not that kind of fear. But in our imagination, we blow them up out of proportion. And we give them more power than they have or deserve. And we allow them to rule our lives. We let them decide how far we can go in our dreams and get our stuff. As you examine yourself and begin to manifest yourself and just say, wait, hold a minute, hold a minute. I've been sweating this. What could be worse for me in this? Will it kill me? Am I going to die? Well then. why am I going through all these changes over this? How much power is this really? And am I the one who empowers it? See how many times we allow ourselves to be fed and they are set on fire. You watch the news and read the newspaper, you will be afraid to leave the house. You can be scared. So what kinds of things, what kinds of thoughts do you feed your consciousness on? What are some of the things you put in your mind that will enable you to move forward or explain to yourself why you live where you are? We go through life constantly blocking ourselves. And fear is one of the biggest tools we can use to prevent our real power.

When you start looking at your health, you may decide to use fear as a barrier or you may decide to use it as a building block. That you have decided, hey, look here, I will move over here, I will not let anything stop me from doing what I want to do. See, if you begin to understand and admit your fears and get out anyway, get out of the air, and know that there is a way to start dealing with this, there is a way out here somewhere where there is a solution.

What you want, that you have the power to do whatever comes your way, to control it, to deal with it. And instead of feeling weak, you start to feel stronger. Look, where all the big reductions are which is happening all over the country, there are a lot of people biting their fingers for fear that they might lose their jobs. But there are a few people who have decided within themselves, I will succeed. Some people do not expect to be cut. Some people walk by themselves because they felt within themselves. I have what it takes to do it.

They are not afraid of the future in the way they see themselves, something they feel they deserve, because they feel they can create for themselves, because these people have already decided. As they look to the future, as they see themselves, there is a way.

Where there is a will, there is a way for me to start creating a way out. And if you have that kind of awareness, when you have that kind of spirit, nothing can stop you. Nothing. What would your life be like as you look to the future if you decide, I will not let my fears stop me? How can your health be? What would your future be like if you decided to pursue what you so desperately need?

That it prepares you to overcome your fears that you experienced fear, as one source says, feel fear and do it anyway. How can your health be? And I say to you. That all of us who are covered with fear have the power to awaken. Is it light? No. It's not easy. Can I do it? Yes. What is one way to get started? Some of us need someone to hold our hands. Sometimes we need someone to help us. Be willing to say, I do not know. Be willing to reach out, be willing to get help to take it to the next level.

What an athlete, you would never expect boxers to make deep statements, I think it was Joe Frazier who said that. He says we are all like a blind man at some point in our lives, standing in a corner, waiting for someone to lead us across. So all of us at some point in our lives need some help, we need someone who can reach us, throw us out of the rope of life, to help us fall into the treacherous waters that we can walk alone. None of us do it for ourselves. All of us at some point in our lives, need that kind of help. We need that kind of help because we are growing in the people we have in our lives who can enrich our personal lives, professionally, spiritually and in all aspects of our lives. We do not grow up in an empty environment. So, as you look at it, what fears do you have that you probably need some help? And strengthen yourself in that area as you explore your strengths and weaknesses, as you begin to improve and your passions and dreams and your intentions and the things you want. If you decide to feel all about your true power, as you decide to show off all your greatness, as you decide, wait a minute, what else is available to me out here?  When I decide to feel  the fear of rejection, the fear of not, the fear of failure. Fear of loneliness, what else is there, taking advantage, fear, losing everything? What else is there for me that will bring meaning and value? Fear of people who do not like me. You know how many people do things they don't want to do because they want to be liked by everyone.

Everyone will not like you. No! That is not just a kind of world. But you know there are many people who will not take positions in the news, who will not stand for what they believe in, who will not speak for themselves because they do not drive anyone crazy. Oh, it was Bill Cosby, he said. I don't know what the secret of success is, he said, but here's what I know, what the secret to success is. He said trying to please everyone. You may not be able to please everyone, but there are people who are afraid to move the boat. So they just walk in life, they just walk. These people are not healthy. They don't really get life, life is too short for that, it's too short and unpredictable, it passes, it doesn't try to disturb anything, it doesn't try to move anything, not trying to make any waves. You see, there are other people who come into the universe with their level of giving and the level of energy they show is so small, so invisible, that when they go, you never know they are gone. But there are other people, because of their personality, because of their contribution, because of their investment of their time and energy and the influence they have there, that when they leave, everyone will remember them. See if Mama Teresa checks, everyone will know. At Rosa Parks, everyone will know. Nelson Mandela. Everyone will know. Why? Because of their contribution.  See but there are people, because their contribution is small, no one will pay attention to them. So I say before you are put in a coffin and buried. Decide that you are a box and hide your fears.

 Decide that you will start living a new life, looking for new horizons. That you find more love and more happiness and more ways to give more in life. The boy says something. I like this. You say everything a man does for himself, guess? He goes with her, but all he does for others, he leaves. So when you first say, what do I want to leave out? What is the first contribution I make? What difference do I want to make in life? What can I do with all this life I have left? What opportunities should I take? What danger do I need to take on first? What fears should I have? What aspects of my life are currently dead? What dream? You can live your dreams or live your fears. You have to get to the point where you say, I am sick and tired of living like this. It should be more. That’s it, that’s where people go out and attack their dreams. That’s when people get out of relationships when they die together rather than grow up together. I tell you, now, one of the fun things about life is that you keep the baby for yourself.