Fear has many faces and manifests many "obstacles."

Date:   3/30/2006 9:27:37 AM ( 18 y ago)

There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with
my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed
that the root cause of them all was fear.
--Joanna Field

How often have we complained that we would be able to do something if
only another thing weren't preventing us. I can't is our answer when we
look around us and see only potential obstacles to accomplishing
something. We need to realize, however, that I can't is just another way of
saying I fear.

If we took away our fearfulness, think of all we could do. There would
be nothing to prevent us from taking risks, trying new things, going
new places, becoming more intimate, changing careers, going back to
school, taking a Fourth Step inventory, chairing a meeting, or sponsoring a
newcomer.

We can change our response of I can't to I'll try. We can take the
first step away from our fear toward trying something new. There are no
obstacles in our path only the ones we put there to protect us from things
we fear.

Higher Power, help me take the steps to change from I can't to I can.


You are reading from the book:
Night Light by Amy E. Dean


 

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