FACING YOUR FEARS

Fear can creep up and immobilize a person. Running may seem easy but the fear will chase you. Tackle your most difficult task first- the one you fear the most. With it out of the way, there is room to begin the enjoy the rest of your activities. Heights, public speaking, the dentist and just meeting new people for shy people are some of the big fears. Find ways to challenge your personal fears. Analyse where the fear may have originated. Fear comes from anxiety so there may have been an event big or small in your life accounting for it. What makes you afraid? Do you avoid those situations?

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

Is one of those English expressions that can have many meanings. We are expecting snow in a big way today so looking outside now it is clear and calm! The snow is coming! Metaphorically, it can mean the calm before a crisis- the storm. Sometimes in our lives when everything feels too good, there can be an ominous feeling something bad will happen or is going to happen. Or there is a ongoing problem that needs resolving! Does it happen from self-fulling prophecy or was it on the way? But no one mentions the calm after the storm. The crisis has passed and the leftover feelings find a place. The heightened energy starts to recede. Is it calm or just relief? Or exhausion? Storms are part of our weather patterns. Storms are part of our lives. The courage to bear with them and see our way through them brings strength of character. Are you facing a storm in your life? Have you just been through a personal storm? Are you picking up the pieces in your life? Remember as each storm rages, it too shall pass and the sun will shine again.