Facing Fear
I’m in the constant process of learning to face my own fears and this helps me to become more aware of how the people around me hide behind their fears, too. Lately I’ve heard various friends say they’re too scared to try a yoga class, not ready to do a yoga teacher training, or they don’t want to invite people they know to their classes yet because they only just begun teaching and aren’t ready. I’ve come to this realization:
You are never ready until you just do it already.
And if my little bit of wisdom there isn’t enough, here are some of my favorite quotes from http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_fear.html
Enjoy & have a fearless weekend!
People living deeply have no fear of death. ~Anais Nin
Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear. ~Cheri Huber
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive — the risk to be alive and express what we really are. ~Don Miquel Ruiz
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. ~H. Jackson Browne
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. ~Marcus Aurelius
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. ~Rosa Parks