I’m working on a new project, and everyday, even on a good day, I feel fear nagging at my belly and nibbling at my courage. It jumbles my thoughts, and drifts my visions into the not so courageous category. Into Easier, less risky,…
Fears, doubts, and insecurities. We all have them. We have thoughts like, “I don’t know how it’s all going to work out.” Or, “What if I’m not good enough and can’t do it?” Or simply, “I just want to give up…” It’s what we…
Change makes us feel uncertain, uncomfortable, and sometimes frightened (especially big change). We’re creatures of habit and we like comfort, so most people either never make big changes, or put them off for years and years. While I certainly haven’t made all the changes…
I read this sentence about 9 months ago and was affronted by its bluntness. “You don’t understand,” I wanted to yell at the author who wrote it! “That is just the problem, I DON’T have the time to do what I want to do!”…
The story goes, a famous trapeze artist was instructing his students on how to complete a performance on the high bar. After finishing his talk, he asked his students to demonstrate what they had learned. One of his students stood looking up at his precarious perch,…
My first encounter with The Rift was when I danced wildly across a stage in high school. I then encountered him while embarking on a journey alone to Colorado. I glimpsed him again while driving through the mountains into Tibet, and later in the red dust of…
The real question is simple. “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” The answer to this question pinpoints something in each of us which makes us squirm inside. As we face this question and mull it over in our minds, we feel jumpy.…
I recently spoke with a friend about a serious financial crisis he was going through. Worry was a constant, draining battle, he declared with a sigh. Worry is a strange creature, much like the caterpillars in the picture above. It builds its nest, using our mind…
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” ~ Corrie Ten Boom I am writing this post after a fearful event. Therefore, today’s post is for me as much as for anyone else who struggles with worry. Getting washed…
“Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.” -C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Sadly, fear often plays a huge role in how our lives turn…
