The seventh life lesson is Fear. Pain produces growth. Without pain there is no development and transformation. [While listening to this I passed a billboard advertising the Marines: "Pain is weakness leaving the body."] Pain is also weakness leaving the soul.
There is more to life than what we let ourselves experience. We let fear keep us from doing things that would add meaning and value to our lives. Fear in the midst of danger is healthy, but false fear cripples us and keeps us from reaching our true potential. Fear is: False Evidence Appearing Real. What we fear is an illusion created by our mind. Remember, fear doesn't stop death-it stops life. Very little of what we fear ever happens to us, so why let fear stop us?
Love always overcomes fear. All emotions flow from either love or fear. Every positive emotion has love at its root and every negative emotion has fear as its root. Every moment you must choose whether to act out of love or out of fear. Most of us act out of fear but we can, and must, learn to act out of love.
Fear is based on the past or the future while love is based on the present. Fear focuses on self while love focuses on others. To live in the present is to live in love. When you are afraid, focus on the positive and not the negative. Focus on helping others instead of protecting yourself. Freedom comes when you choose to do what you fear, when you reach out in compassion to help others. Fear and love cannot coexist at the same time, so the only way to overcome fear is to act out of love in the present moment.
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