Don’t Fear Change. Change Fear.
August 20, 2012 – 8:05 am
Fear was the air I breathed: fear of failure, humiliation, poverty, abandonment, dishonor, pain, death. At some point, you stop being victimized by fear. You surrender to the worst that could happen and move directly toward your fears, because taking any action is better than doing nothing. Fear then becomes a compass, when you’re lost. Whatever you’re afraid of, move that direction, and freedom f
rom it unfolds.
When I embraced the idea that I am alive for the sole purpose of growing into a better person capable of helping others do the same, my fears changed from assailants to assistants.
But then a point comes when you realize that fear no longer needs to be the medium, only a call to greater awareness. When you feel fear, you no longer need to move toward it to discover that you need not fear. You can acknowledge that you’re afraid, and shift it to a more productive energy: gratitude for the coming opportunity to improve and grow as a whole person. At that point, you no longer fear the change, but have changed the fear.
It would be much easier to do this in isolation but we exist surrounded by others attempting to discover the same truth for themselves. We live overlapping our fears upon others, and often the person we touch does not first meet us, but rather only experiences our reactions to our fears. And we do not meet them, but their reactions to their fears.
Place one calm spirit in a crisis, and the peace can spread like a vaccine over a virus of panic. Be compassionate with the reactions you encounter from others, for they’re consciously or unconsciously seeking opportunities to grow as well. With each person willing to change fear, we all increase our chance to do so. Lead with your courage and you’ll do much more than change yourself. You’ll give everyone you touch the opportunity to do the same.
very respectfully,
Scott Sonnon
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One Response to “Don’t Fear Change. Change Fear.”
Soo true.
I think this idea is intimately connected with the importance of pushing the envelope in terms of crossing and expand our own zones of personal comfort.
“With each person willing to change fear, we all increase our chance to do so.” Never had thought about that, but it makes sense. Better people make for better places, better places make for better people. Personal growth is automatic communal growth.
I personally had some few amazing experiences with things that I knew I had to do but were terrified of doing. The sense of centering (sp?) that came after the tide of emotions is something else of this world. Action time is action time.
It’s interesting that you mention gratitude so much on your posts coach Sonnon, I discovered why :), and that’s why I take the freedom to invite whomever reads this to read also this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratitude
Especially the part of the empirical findings, association with well being and relationship to altruism. I’m grateful I read it :)
I’m eager to receive my pay check and get primal stress, I’ve been doing the CSTGX class level 1 for some months, intu-flow for 2 years and the results were out of this world for me. I’m still not a athlete but your work has made me realise that right thought, right action, right movement breathing and alignment make everything I want possible to achieve. Thanks for all the amazing value that you bring into this world senhor Sonnon. I’m still a bit of a slack regarding nutricion, so I guess it’s time to make some questions on the forum.
Have a nice one everyone.
By Diogo on Aug 20, 2012