30 Days of YES
Day 9
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy Day 9 everyone!
How did Day 8 go uncovering some of your fears? In my years of athletic coaching, one of the things I have encouraged from my players is the willingness to be honest about their fears. There is a tendency to want to hide our fears or pretend we don’t have them in fear of seeing them as a weakness. When we do this, we fool ourselves, and we only perpetuate our shortcomings by not acknowledging them. If we deny them, we never confront them, so we never move forward. When we are honest, we can than bring them to the surface – and when they are out in the open we can take a closer look and ask ourselves…”Why am I afraid?” When we do this – we provide room for growth and progress.
So, did anything come up that surprised you? Let me know.
Day 9: “But what if?...”
Now that you have your list of fears – spend today taking a closer look at some of them and asking, “What would my life be like without the feelings wrapped around this fear?” Take some time to ponder and write out what your life would be like if you were free of that fear. Feel free to do this for as many fears as you like – and as thorough as you want to be.
Dig in – and have fun articulating what is possible as we look the wolf in the eyes!!!!!
Have a great day everyone. YES!!!!!!
Travis Thomas
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“Laughing Yes”
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2 comments:
I realized there were a lot of fears for me to handle -- and this is coming from a strong, confident woman. I chose a few to examine further and one in particular for this blog post.
In the soul searching that took place over the last couple days -- or perhaps since this journey of 30 days began -- I have realized that I have avoided being alone my entire life. I come from a large family, had roommates throughout school and then settled down shortly thereafter. I think the fear of being alone developed as a result of never having actually been alone, though I can't say for sure.
Anyway, now that I am at a place in my life where I have time to myself, I realize my joy and completeness does not come from having others in the room, but rather from knowing that I am worthy just as I am. I am complete as is. That is something I will continue to remind myself and take into my daily activities. I will choose to consciously (sleep doesn't count) take time by myself and learn to enjoy it.
What a feeling of FREEDOM that comes from looking at the stories that fear proposes …loving the 30 Days of YES! Thanks LY!
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living
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