Getting Rid of Unfounded FEARS and WORRIES from your Mind
1. Get ALL the FACTS
2. EXAMINE All the FACTS (To help you do so: SEE (*) below)
3. Make a DECISION
4. If the DECISION is that ACTION is required: MAKE a PLAN OF ACTION
5. GO into ACTION...DO IT NOW!
(*) WRITE OUT and ANSWER the following questions:
1. WHAT IS the problem?
2. WHAT and/or WHO is/are the CAUSE(S) of the PROBLEM? (INCLUDE YOURSELF).
And, when "YOU" are the Answer, make sure you do NOT "beat yourSelf on the chest" Unjustifiably!
3. WHAT are ALL the possible SOLUTIONS?
4. Of ALL the possible solutions, WHICH is the BEST solution for YOU?
5. Ask yourself: "WHAT IS the WORST that can POSSIBLY Happen?"
6. Prepare to Accept the Worst while Planning for BETTER
7. Bravely DO ALL you Can to Improve the "Worst"
8. Bear in mind that WORRIES and FEARS cause Negative Stress (DIS-stress and Anxiety which CAN SEVERELY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH!), and NOTHING is Worth That!
9. RELEASE...LET GO OF..."FORGIVE and FORGET" ALL Past Events, Disagreements,Failures, Mistakes, Resentments and other Negative, counter-productive memories
10. RECALL ALL the "Good", POSITIVE and SUCCESSFUL things YOU Have caused to Happen in Your life and that of others, and USE these recollections to offset your Fears and Worries of the moment
11. FILL YOUR MIND with thoughts of PEACE, COURAGE, SUCCESS, HEALTH, FULFILLMENT, HOPE and LOVE for YourSelf, Others and the Universe
12. In spite of EVERYTHING ELSE, KEEP ON CREATING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES BETTER, HEALTHIER, HAPPIER and MORE SUCCESSFUL
13. RESPECT and LOVE YourSelf. REMEMBER that YOU ARE UNIQUE and have MANY Qualities, Capabilities and Talents which Are ADMIRED and even ENVIED by Others!...
14. ...Therefore, DO NOT concern yourself with what OTHERS have or are...
DO NOT IMITATE or Begrudge Others out of ENVY, GREED or JEALOUSY...Rather: transcend these and EMULATE out of an uplifting SENSE OF PURPOSE
15. Count ONLY your Blesings
16. Look upon your losses and mistakes as Opportunities from which to LEARN and GROW, yet NOT repeat...as "investments" which Life Challenges impose upon you occasionally to Earn Better and Bigger Rewards Ahead...And This Is Definitely So!
"One must think about a problem until it hurts...until it seems there cannot be another aspect of it that hasn’t been considered."
(Roy Herbert Thomson, entrepreneur)
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all!" (Helen Keller)
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, lucky, blessed, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
What you have just read was not written by me. It was written by Marianne Williamson and it is an excerpt from her book ‘A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles.’
While I did not pen the words just above, I believe in them and believe in the greatness that is ALREADY in You and me. There are some of you who have never had anyone believe in you and tell you this so, with your permission, may I be the first? There is greatness already in you and I believe in you!...
Your Friend,
Jacques
P.S.: “I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” (Anna Freud, Psychologist)
2. EXAMINE All the FACTS (To help you do so: SEE (*) below)
3. Make a DECISION
4. If the DECISION is that ACTION is required: MAKE a PLAN OF ACTION
5. GO into ACTION...DO IT NOW!
(*) WRITE OUT and ANSWER the following questions:
1. WHAT IS the problem?
2. WHAT and/or WHO is/are the CAUSE(S) of the PROBLEM? (INCLUDE YOURSELF).
And, when "YOU" are the Answer, make sure you do NOT "beat yourSelf on the chest" Unjustifiably!
3. WHAT are ALL the possible SOLUTIONS?
4. Of ALL the possible solutions, WHICH is the BEST solution for YOU?
5. Ask yourself: "WHAT IS the WORST that can POSSIBLY Happen?"
6. Prepare to Accept the Worst while Planning for BETTER
7. Bravely DO ALL you Can to Improve the "Worst"
8. Bear in mind that WORRIES and FEARS cause Negative Stress (DIS-stress and Anxiety which CAN SEVERELY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH!), and NOTHING is Worth That!
9. RELEASE...LET GO OF..."FORGIVE and FORGET" ALL Past Events, Disagreements,Failures, Mistakes, Resentments and other Negative, counter-productive memories
10. RECALL ALL the "Good", POSITIVE and SUCCESSFUL things YOU Have caused to Happen in Your life and that of others, and USE these recollections to offset your Fears and Worries of the moment
11. FILL YOUR MIND with thoughts of PEACE, COURAGE, SUCCESS, HEALTH, FULFILLMENT, HOPE and LOVE for YourSelf, Others and the Universe
12. In spite of EVERYTHING ELSE, KEEP ON CREATING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES BETTER, HEALTHIER, HAPPIER and MORE SUCCESSFUL
13. RESPECT and LOVE YourSelf. REMEMBER that YOU ARE UNIQUE and have MANY Qualities, Capabilities and Talents which Are ADMIRED and even ENVIED by Others!...
14. ...Therefore, DO NOT concern yourself with what OTHERS have or are...
DO NOT IMITATE or Begrudge Others out of ENVY, GREED or JEALOUSY...Rather: transcend these and EMULATE out of an uplifting SENSE OF PURPOSE
15. Count ONLY your Blesings
16. Look upon your losses and mistakes as Opportunities from which to LEARN and GROW, yet NOT repeat...as "investments" which Life Challenges impose upon you occasionally to Earn Better and Bigger Rewards Ahead...And This Is Definitely So!
"One must think about a problem until it hurts...until it seems there cannot be another aspect of it that hasn’t been considered."
(Roy Herbert Thomson, entrepreneur)
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all!" (Helen Keller)
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, lucky, blessed, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
What you have just read was not written by me. It was written by Marianne Williamson and it is an excerpt from her book ‘A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles.’
While I did not pen the words just above, I believe in them and believe in the greatness that is ALREADY in You and me. There are some of you who have never had anyone believe in you and tell you this so, with your permission, may I be the first? There is greatness already in you and I believe in you!...
Your Friend,
Jacques
P.S.: “I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” (Anna Freud, Psychologist)
posted by Jacques Girard, Ph.D. at 5:54 PM
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