It was definitely a powerful “light bulb” of a moment for me. Believe it or not, I agonized over whether or not to take it because I couldn’t tell if the knot in my stomach was a sign that I shouldn’t take it or whether it was from fear. I guess it was a combination of both.

But like I say in this article, I’m glad I accepted it because it taught me that despite my fear, I was able to reach out to the hearts of these “hard-core” men and women who spent virtually all their working lives out on the field in all types of weather and environmental conditions. In other words, I reached into some of the most hardened people! That was a major revelation for me.

I’m glad you enjoyed this post – thanks for sharing your willingness to face whatever fears you might be having and moving through them. I’ve faced a number of very scary things in my life but am better off because of walking through them. I wish I could say I’m fearless now but that wouldn’t be true – new things come up, challenging me yet again.

I think I’m holding myself back from being bigger because of some fears – will have to talk about those with my coach this week.

Stephen, thanks for being authentic – I’ve subscribed to your blog and look forward to reading more.

I’m grateful I continue to be of encouragement to many out there, like yourself. We are always in process of learning, improving and moving forward – isn’t that why we all came here?

Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Fear has a funny way of returning sometimes. Amazing – that thing!

Thanks for your thoughtful response. No, I haven’t read that book. I have been reading “New Age” for about 20 years … even going back to A Course In Miracles in 1987. I probably have read all there is, with exception of a few, to learn and live on the path to enlightenment. In fact, I’ve experienced many breakthroughs in my time and yet find myself reverting to old patterns of “not good enough,” “will never work,” “look at what happened the last time you tried,” etc.

Breaking down fear to the core, in the past, did lead to — the worst that could happen is I’d die. That seemed to help me each time I became fearful about facing something or someone or whatever the fear was about. Now I know there is no such thing as “dying” in the sense that our spiritual, true essence was never born and will never die.

All that said, I continue to work on my food project, but I feel that nagging daily and continue to tell myself that I need to do something more substantial (during these tough times) for my family and stop being a dreamer

Thanks so much for your encouragement. I continue to get all the reminders I need from your site. I’m Grateful.

You are a blessing to so many. Peace!

Jo Ann (or Joey:)

Have read the book, “Fearless” by Steve Chandler? I highly recommend it. Reading it was instrumental in helping me push through my own fears not too long ago. I had been putting something off for a very long time and the fear kept getting bigger and bigger – it grew to monstrous proportions.

Until one day I said, ENOUGH. This is not real. So I faced it and did what I knew I had to do. The end result was incredible. It turned out not to be as bad as I had initially feared.

Much of our fears are on things we either have no control over or aren’t based in truth. Steve Chandler pointed out that fear is usually brought about because of the unknown. We fear the unknown. Also we fear death.

If you break down your fears all the way to the very core, you’ll find that this fear is really about dying. Think about it. Sit down one day and break it down as far as you can with “What if….” questions. Eventually you’ll come to the fear of losing something – like your life or what you have.

I have faith in youi Joey. You can do it. “The Secret” is great but not the answer. The answer is inside you. Bring it out. Let your inner child come out. It has magical things waiting in store for you.

I have seen and listened to (about 50 times) “The Secret” yet, I can’t ignore what is going on around me.

Any advice?

Thanks.

You have no idea how thrilled I am to have you become part of my community here at AU. I love having you here!

You’re absolutely right – the gap between our own reality and our own version of amazing is much, much smaller than we think. Why? B/C it all boils down to our own perceptions of what constitutes reality. My take? It’s what you make of it that determines the end results.

Thanks for the compliment on me taking the step out of the safety net. When we do that, it becomes an adventure in itself and in the process, we learn much from the experience.

Once again, it’s an honor to have your presence here. I’ve admired and watched you for a very long time. I certainly look forward to the day our paths cross. It’s bound to happen – the laws of attraction dictate that it’s inevitable – only a matter of time.

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