So Fear, What Outfit Are You Wearing Today?

Fear stops us. It’s the only thing that holds us back.

I’m sure, like me, you’ve felt fear in its physical form: anxiety, stress, sweat palms, dry mouth, butterflies in your stomach, heart pounding, anger. That fear is obvious in it’s sensational attire.

But it has other costumes. It owns a wardrobe of many outfits. The physical response to fear are easier to spot than its other disguises however they are just as powerful to stop you in your tracks, harder to spot because they pose around undercover. They aren’t as noticeable: apathy, boredom, comparison, perfectionism, cynicism, bitterness, judgement, blaming, insecurity, stalling, procrastination, indecision, jealousy, shame, guilt and so on.

The only way to remove the disguise is to start to undress it, or address it. So many of us have been trained to wear fear. Perhaps for own protection we were conditioned to behave in a certain way.

Fear will probably always be trying on it’s different disguises in your life, but you always get to decide if it stays wearing it or not. It’s okay to be frightened, but you still have to live your life.

You can make the transition from fear to love. No matter how educated you are in fear. The only thing that matters is what is happening now and whether or not you wish to choose to wear disguises, or do you choose to strip it bare stand in your truth, tell your story and aspire to create your own journey.

Try this:

• Answer: What do your fear disguises wear? Describe all the ones you are aware of. What would need to happen for you to start to undress them? 
• Thought: Look at one area of your life where fear is wearing a very specific disguise and you are aware of the impact it’s having on you. 
• Do: What would your first step in transitioning from fear to love look like? Take it.