The Experience in Fear

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

-- Mark Twain

I sat up with I read this quote. Not because I liked it, but because my experience has been different.

I cannot "resist" fear because that feels, to me, like I'm fighting or pushing against it. If I am resisting fear, I am activating whatever it is I fear and attracting more of the same to me.

I suppose I can master fear, but that word doesn't fit me. Mastering implies having control over the fear. I do not see fear as being something I need to control.

How I feel about something is important, so I would not choose these words.

It's been my experience that I move through fear.

I experience fear. I acknowledge fear.

I also understand that a fear is based in the future, and I'm the one who creates my future.

It's with this understanding that I am able to act (most times) in spite of fear. (Did I mention that I'm a spiritual being having a human experience?)

I am also aware that fear is guidance.

Depending on the feeling, fear may also be an indication that there is true danger.

This is why I believe that fear must be acknowledged and experienced. It is through the experience of our fear that we can understand if it is guidance to move forward or guidance to hold fast.

I will try to explain how I experience fear. I feel it in my body. A fear guiding me to hold fast is generally lower in the pit of my stomach, and the guidance to act in spite of fear is higher in my body, quite often diaphram area (butterflies).

Everybody is different. You may feel your guidance differently.

Getting in touch with your inner guidance and learning to "listen" as you experience fear will allow you to move forward with courage, or hold fast with courage.

Fear is your guidance talking. Are you ready to listen?


Abundantly yours,

Velma Gallant
Abundance Coach
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