- You’re scared your health test results will come back clear.
- You’re scared to imagine passing the interview and getting the job.
- You’re scared to get excited about passing your exam in case you don’t
- You’re scared to imagine the early stages of a relationships working out incase it doesn’t.
- You’re scared.
I once heard
Peter Crone say “
Fear breaks it’s own heart”.
As a kid if we learn that optimism will end in disappointment. Or hope ends in rejection.
We start to choose safety.
Our fear would rather we had a guaranteed misery than the misery of uncertainty.
Psychologists calls this catastrophic thinking, when we imagine the worst to protect ourselves.
Let’s be honest: anticipating the worst, doesn’t prepare you for the worst.
It simply robs you of joy.
We can’t get rid of fear in our lives.
But we can stop it from robbing us of joy.
So start small.
- Let yourself get excited.
- Let yourself rest without guilt.
- Let yourself have fun without worrying about your to do list.
- Let yourself dream, even if you don’t know how you’ll get there.
Up until now pain may have shaped you, but it doesn’t have to define what’s possible for you.
You deserve a life that’s bigger than what hurt you.
What are you getting your hopes up for this week?
