Have you ever wondered why, when you get close to getting what you want, your inner critic and fear often get louder? Do you have a goal that you are shying away from because you don’t know if it will turn out the way you want?
I can totally relate.
A couple days before I went to Japan, which, by the way, was a huge goal and dream of mine for many years, I started to second-guess my trip. I had already bought my plane ticket and I knew I really wanted to go, but fear started to tell me otherwise.
I wondered if I should cancel my entire trip. I was traveling solo to a country that was foreign for me, I didn’t speak the language … what if I ran out of money? All of these concerns circled in my head, and I was paralyzed by fear.
Can you relate? If you have a dream that is about to be realized but your fear is even louder, today’s message will help.
For me, when I was paralyzed by my own fear I remembered the quote by Steven Pressfield, the author for The War of Art.
“Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of resistance. Therefore, the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That’s why we feel so much resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there’d be no resistance.”
I remembered this and followed through on my original plan. I went to Japan, and it was one of the most life-changing trips I ever took. It’s a good thing I didn’t let my fear get the best of me. In today’s video filmed in one of my favorite spots in all of Japan, I share an important life truth to help you through your own fear.
Enjoy,
