Perhaps you have heard the idea that in the simplest scenario, there are only two emotions: love and fear. If you aren't coming from a place of love, it must be fear in the driver's seat. There is a song by Shawn Gallaway, I Choose Love, that I find very empowering as he repeats over and over again: Love or Fear: What do you choose?
These past two weeks have found me regularly acknowledging the presence of fear and choosing to move through it. Sometimes that choice is easier than others! One thing I know about fear is this: when I allow it to control my actions, I crawl in a hole, do less and less, stop reaching out. I shrivel up! And the only direction that this takes me is toward depression. That's not a place I want to live!
Recently I included this unoriginal acronym in a post: