07-30-2008, 07:17 AM
Fight Fear, But How?
One person gave the following definition of fear. FEAR is the False Evidence which Appears to be Real. Now if you read only the capital letters from this definition you will get the word FEAR. There is a lot of truth in this definition. Why? Because fear is the produce of your thought process. A person could have fear of many things: fear of being alone, fear to make decisions and take the responsibility, fear of people, fear to be in the center of people’s attention, fear to be criticized, even the fear to admit the thought that he/she fears something.
A person with a strong character fights his fears with faith. An unknown author stated:”Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death”. Lets take, for example, a person, who is a leader. How he deals with fears. A leader controls his fears. How does he do this? His mind is guided by principles. One of such principles is stated in the Japanese proverb: “Fear is only as deep as the mind allows”. But we all understand that this is easier said than done. You need to put an enormous effort to achieve that state of mind as to be guided by this principle. Getting your fears under control is not accomplished by the switch of a button. It is not like: I want to get free of any fear and you are free in an instant. It’s not so easy, but it can be done. Anyone will achieve this with a real effort. So, what do you think, what steps should we make to fight our fears?
One person gave the following definition of fear. FEAR is the False Evidence which Appears to be Real. Now if you read only the capital letters from this definition you will get the word FEAR. There is a lot of truth in this definition. Why? Because fear is the produce of your thought process. A person could have fear of many things: fear of being alone, fear to make decisions and take the responsibility, fear of people, fear to be in the center of people’s attention, fear to be criticized, even the fear to admit the thought that he/she fears something.
A person with a strong character fights his fears with faith. An unknown author stated:”Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death”. Lets take, for example, a person, who is a leader. How he deals with fears. A leader controls his fears. How does he do this? His mind is guided by principles. One of such principles is stated in the Japanese proverb: “Fear is only as deep as the mind allows”. But we all understand that this is easier said than done. You need to put an enormous effort to achieve that state of mind as to be guided by this principle. Getting your fears under control is not accomplished by the switch of a button. It is not like: I want to get free of any fear and you are free in an instant. It’s not so easy, but it can be done. Anyone will achieve this with a real effort. So, what do you think, what steps should we make to fight our fears?