A shot to the heart.
Fear floods our bodies with a needle full of burning adrenaline.
Fear is a primal, tribal rush.
It’s contagious.
We can feel it as it spreads like a crackling wildfire on a bone-dry
summer day.
We use fear to learn to avoid pain and pursue pleasure.
Our actions are based in fear or love. Both are powerful emotions and
motivators. Sometimes it seems like fear is unshakeable and it is when we obsess
on it since what we focus on expands.
Fear has been with us seemingly forever. We are biologically wired to
notice and avoid unsafe situations in our environments. Fight, flight, freeze
or fold.
Fear.
Unfortunately, we are bombarded with fear energy right along with the
flood of information we receive daily. Fear is transmitted and sold almost
everywhere. In the news, commercials, nutrition, healthcare, insurance and in
casual conversations.
Fear sells.
Fear is influencing our relationships, our health and our prosperity.
It doesn’t have to stay this way.
Can we do our part to help the planet shift to less fear and more love?
Yep.
Every time we refuse to spread fear.
When we break a link in the alarm chain.
When we refuse to panic and instead choose to respond. When we calm
ourselves.
Choose less fear.
A simple step to soften the nonstop onslaught of fear is to pause and
breathe. Allow a few easy cleansing breaths. Become present in this moment now.
When we become aware of our fear, we can choose to process it, release it and
then choose to focus on what feels better.
Love feels better.
Becoming aware of our fear helps us face it and use it. Use it to point
us in the direction of our growth. Help us understand that the obstacle is the
opportunity. Create less fear.
Once we consistently choose not to participate in a fear frenzy, fear
has less power over us individually and on the planet. We get better at reducing
fear as we practice mindfulness. When we are better able to determine if we are
in real danger, we open more resources to create solutions to our challenges.
By clarifying what we want, not imagining what we don’t want.
We can increasingly energize all types of love like we currently do
with fear. What is the love v fear tipping point?
Tip it to love.
Stay calm to help us switch from our survival brain to our higher
thinking. To our creative brain. To solutions. To what feels better. To what
helps everybody feel better. To inclusive effective action.
Turn off the news, don’t support fear-based selling and help others
become aware of our fear hangover. Refuse to participate in fear energy and the
consumption of fear. Then notice how you feel inside.
Fear is a temporary rush. Step away from the fear. Begin to shift out
of it. Breathe. Break the cycle.
Choose love instead. If we can imagine it, we can create it. Are you
in?
Love On,
Risa Kelley
Optimized Relationships
Photo by Aniketh Kumar on Unsplash
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