Experience: Life

I recently released a video on overcoming fear and insecurity (to watch that video, click here ). In that video, I shared that I had been struggling with fear for a long time. For years, I had been too afraid to go after my dreams or to start new projects for fear that I would fail. I also shared in the video that fear is a liar. It is not real. Fear is just a story of "what ifs" that fearful people tell themselves. It is the excuse we make to ensure we do not get hurt. It is the wall we build to keep ourselves safe. But there is nothing safe about fear. Fear starts with a thought. It takes a stifling hold of the mind and convinces us that we cannot or are not worthy to do something. It makes us believe these lies, then it manifests itself through our actions. Because fear takes over the mind, it takes a renewal of the mind to defeat it. We have to stop those fearful thoughts as soon as they enter our minds and not allow them to take hold and be exhibited in our act...

I have experienced many inconsistencies in my life. Sadly, they stretch throughout just about every area of my life. So much so, that I have consistently failed to finish projects that I have started. I have been extremely inconsistent with writing and posting to my blogs. I assume this inconsistency is the side effect of the evil culprit that had been plaguing me for a while - FEAR. Because of fear, I lacked confidence and belief in myself and would abandon important projects that I had begun. I was afraid that I might fail, that no one would like my work, or read my blogs. I even had a fear that I would succeed. I had become convinced that the responsibility of success would be too much for me. The lies that I told myself about myself made it difficult to continue... to do anything. To complete anything. When I came to the realization that fear is not real and that it was causing me lie to and sabotage myself, I decided to do something about it. Instead of doubting myself...