I remember when I was leading a daily coaching group and we used the prompt, “When I forget to be afraid, I…”
We used what I call a “popcorn” method where people spoke “into the center” of the results that flow when we, as individuals and collectively, stop being imprisoned by fear and all the feelings associated with it.
Responses went like this:
When I forget to be afraid, I…
- can do what I most want to do (without caring what people think)
- notice the words flow, effortlessly
- find answers to the questions that haunt me
- laugh, a lot, about nothing and everything
- go beyond planning into action
When I forget to be afraid, I…
and as we continued to go deeper, more conscious bravery begins to take form.
What if we forget to be afraid, both individually and collectively?
Walls and barriers fall when we don’t hesitate, when we stand up and speak up with courage and fullness and confidence.
Consider what it will take to get you there.
Do you need more practice in courage?
Today, do something small that makes you slightly shaky. It doesn’t have to be big and no one needs to know. YOU will know. Tomorrow, repeat – either with the same action or something else.
I guarantee if you do something every day for the next seven days that makes you feel nervous, you will find your courage stretched and your confidence is either soaring or about to lift off.
What if you forget to be afraid?
Write it, speak it, put it into practice.
I love this idea of putting fears aside and doing it anyway – like when I’m not sure about a post I write because I don’t want to offend anybody. Sometimes, I hit publish and sometimes I don’t. I’ll remember this advice. I think this is a good path to my most authentic self as a writer. Well done!
I love what if something good happens questions. This one is especially valuable. It’s a first step in letting go of fear by facing and befriending it