Growing in the dark

Friday, February 20

The thing holding most people back isn’t their skills. It’s not lack of opportunity. It’s not their circumstances. It’s not their finances.

The thing holding you back is your fear. And when we ignore our fears or dwell on them, we are keeping them in the dark. The dark isn’t where healthy things grow, it is where fear grows.

So the more you keep your fear hidden, the more it grows - at least in your mind. It does this because you can’t see it. And when you can’t see it, you assume it is bigger and more powerful than it really is.

Which means you must bring your fear into the light. When you do this, you can see it for what it really is. It loses it’s size (or at least the size you thought it had) and it loses it’s power. You realize, “Wait a minute. That’s not as bad as I thought.”

And then you can move forward with intention and purpose, rather than being held back by your fears.

Don’t ignore your fears. Don’t dismiss your fears. Don’t dwell on your fears. Bring them to the light so you can accurately deal with them.
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Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin