I heard a teaching once on FEAR, which was described as F.alse E.vidence A.ppearing R.eal.
The devil (or even our own minds) loves to take tidbits and twist and turn them in our brains until we have many times made something out of nothing. We can or I can I should say, take a tiny peace of "evidence" and work it into a whole scenario that I imagine to be real and later turns out to be something totally false.
Refusing to let FEAR govern my reactions, thoughts, and dbing is practically a full time job in itself.
I really like this FEAR stuff! I think I'm going to plaster post-its all over the place with the acronym on it!
One thing I've learned for myself is that creating these FEAR based scenarios in my head and letting them run their course in my mind really takes a toll on my psyche and my emotions and on my body, I think. I don't think your brain/body fully knows that it's YOU creating the emotions and scenario and I think somehow this gets ingrained.
Hmmmm...I really needed this today!
sage
Relax. Appreciate. Be calm. Laugh. Enjoy. Be secure. Be loving. Be loved. Don't personalize. Don't ASSume. Accept. Be grateful.
