FEAR

THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME FEAR IS TO LOOK IT IN THE FACE. HEAD TO HEAD...EYES TO EYES...BECAUSE IT'S PART OF YOU. LIKE IT OR NOT, IT WILL BE WITH YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE. IF WE ACCEPT THAT, WE CAN DEAL WITH IT. WE MIGHT NOT LIKE IT...BUT IT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

TO REDUCE IT...WORK UP THE COURAGE TO CONFRONT IT...WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? (MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT :) ) IT WON'T KILL YOU OR KNOCK YOU DOWN FOR THE COUNT. IT MIGHT BE PARALIZING FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH IT IS TO DIRECTLY LOOK AT IT.

ONCE THAT IS DONE, YOU CAN TAKE BABY STEPS TOWARD IT...WHAT EXACTLY CAN HAPPEN IF YOU...TAKE THE JOB, GET MARRIED, GO TO ANOTHER STATE, QUIT SOMETHING YOU DON'T ENJOY, ETC? TAKE THAT FIRST STEP TOWARD YOUR FEAR AND YOU WILL NOTICE, IT WILL START TO CHANGE FROM THAT BIG, OVERWHELMING THING; TO A MUCH SMALLER, LESS THREATENING FEELING OF BEING SCARY.

WHEN FURTHER CONFRONTED...IT WILL BECOME MUCH LESS THAN SCARY...AND GET SMALLER AND SMALLER EACH TIME.

LET'S TAKE THE JOURNEY...YOU HAVE NOTHING ON US...FEAR SEEMS ALMOST FOOLISH NOW.

DEBBIE