Sunday, December 22

Fear into Desire into Action – Ann Justi

I used to have an overwhelming job doing technical operations which I responded to my day with fear: What was going to break next?, What deadline might I have to miss?,  How was this workload and schedule going to affect my relationships?, How am I going to get all this done?, etc. My desire was for no disasters and perhaps a day that wasn’t leaving me exhausted at the end. My action was to get as much done as possible and prioritize the situation hour by hour or even minute by minute. What a desire for a business of my own? It was too scary. It was too out of my reach because I didn’t know how to get there. It was too big. Add any of your own fears that you may have imagined for yourself.I finally reached a point where something had to give. I started a meditation practice. That got me feeling into my body. That wasn’t enough because I need there was a deeper desire and a life that I wanted that I didn’t have. How to get out of this situation that was comfortable by routine and salary and uncomfortable in the day-to-day feeling I had? One of my meditation teachers was a desired life coach. One of the practices she suggested was do daily look at my fears, my resentments, my desires, my gratitudes, and figure out to ask for what I wanted and to take action even if that was reading a book or reframing how I responded to my fears.  I wanted to find relief and an answer. I found getting the fears and resentments out of my mind, wanting the desire opposite of my fear, and doing some little action left me with relief, hope, and more energy. It eventually led…

 

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