Guest guest Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 Article: Emergence " And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. " Niccolo Machiavelli I am certain that each of us has had times when the fear that holds us back hurts infinitely more than our fear of emergence. This is the fear that tries to prevent us from realizing our full potential. Within all of us, there lives a saboteur. If we feed our saboteur with fear, it grows. It tells us things like, " you can't do this " - " you're safe where you are now " - " don't rock the boat " . In due course, often after a lot of pain and discomfort, we stop listening to our saboteur and we find ways to break out of our shells into the light. We crawl, we walk, we grow, and we do blossom! We realize, then, that nothing was more painful than the moments before we emerged. With our new perspective, we wonder why we were ever afraid! We wonder why we ever listened to such a fearful little voice. Growing and evolving never ends, not even for our Creator. No-thing ever remains static. Before we step onto a new rung of the ladder, we often experience a feeling of confinement, as though the step we are now standing on is smaller and less stable. We know that we have outgrown it, so it's time to reach for another one, and then another. Each time we outgrow a rung, if we don't move, our discomfort - our pain - forces us to do so. You are meant to dance. You are meant to shine! You are meant to bask in your own rays of self-esteem, move forward and blossom. Fear is an illusion, nothing more. Feed your soul with love and you will never, ever, be afraid to move up your ladder of life, into the fullness - the grandness - of your potential. Break free! Shari http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/BasicComputerHelpforFriends http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/Survivors_Learning_to_Thrive --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 5/30/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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