Fright Your Fear...

Legend has it that Nasrudin was walking alone at night when he saw a group of people approaching in the far distance. Instantly, his imagination began to toy with him: "They are surely robbers!" he thought. "No, why just robbers? Murderers, cutthroats! Nasrudin's heart began to pound. His mouth became as dry as his palms became wet. 

Having thoroughly terrified himself, he stumbled into a nearby graveyard and cowered shaking inside an open tomb, awaiting his fate. Meanwhile, the harmless strangers, worried by his dramatic behavior, approached him and looked with concern down into the tomb. "What, pray, are you doing down there?" they asked. Nasrudin, calming down quickly, said: "Well, put it this way: I am here because of you and you are here because of me!"

Imagination is a tool!!! We misuse it to torment ourselves? Imagination & Emotions are closely linked. What we imagine can feel very real to us even, when it isn't at all.

The stimulus could be a spider, a knife at your throat, an auditorium full of people waiting for you to speak or the sudden thud of your front door.

 "To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another."

Emotions play an important part in our daily lives. Fear is one such emotion that is programmed into all as an instinctual response to potential danger.

People when experience this moment time seems to slow down.

One of the most frequent commands in the Bible is “do not fear.”  

Do you remember how eager you were to try new things as a child? You couldn't wait? 

‘Let me try! Lemma, lemma…’ 

Didn't think about failure or defeat that your early attempts might be less-than-perfect. You just jumped right in with both feet. You weren't concerned you may not execute the perfect cartwheel or skate board run right off the bat. You were passionate about attempting something new. 

You are the same in reality still except you've been blessed to turn years upon years of calendar pages. 

Don’t fear to embrace the new. It has the hidden key to your growth.

In my world
‘The more, the merrier!’  & in yours…?