Fearless
The most powerful weapon you have in the world is your mind. What do you feed it with?
If you feed it with fear, which is an intense negative emotion, it will keeps you in bondage and hinder your prosperity.
It usually leads to other negative emotions like uncertainty, worry, anxiety, doubt, unbelief, and vice versa.
Common examples are the fear of making mistakes, fear of the unknown, death, failure, the future, acceptance in the society, new government policies, and losing a loved one or a relationship, to list but a few.
It is not unusual to experience fear which is commonly defined as an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain or harm when one is faced with such. In this case, it can keep us alert and make us avoid danger. However, fear can also be a trap, existing constantly in the mind even without the threat of danger, pain or harm.
Some may even be in bondage by the fear of leaving their comfort zone to explore something new even when they are convinced that they need a change of lifestyle, job, career, relationship, environment, position, school, subject and so on. This intense fear negatively affects their willingness and convictions to take risks in life.
Fear is a thing of the mind. If you allow it to win in your mind, then you are already a slave to it.
What if you fail? Learn from your mistakes and move on. The world won't end because you failed.
Living a fearful life is a mental suffering and bondage which can lead one into depression, high blood pressure, having suicidal thoughts, or even become suicidal.
You can overcome fear when you start to replace it with positive emotions such as faith, hope, optimism, love, compassion and so on while realising that entertaining fear actually has no effect on the outcome of any situation except to generate tension.
#Treasure Your Mental Health.
- Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation Editorial Team