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Museletter
-
June
2006
My Muse
Fear
is
what
I’ve
been
thinking
about.
We
all
have
fears
and
their
ability
to
hold
us
back
really
interests
me.
When
I
say
interests
me I
also
mean
fascinates
and
frustrates
me!
Let’s
break
it
down.
What
is
fear?
Fear
is a
thought
about
a
potential
negative
event
or
feeling.
As
it’s
a
potential
event
or
feeling,
it
must
be
in
the
future,
and
therefore
may
or
may
not
happen.
Yet
we
allow
the
fear
to
affect
us.
We
all
know
people
who
are
more
affected
by
fear
than
ourselves,
but
all
of
us
are
affected
to a
degree,
and
it
stops
us
being
our
best.
Watch
out
for
the
following:
What
is
it
that
you
feel
you
can’t
do?
What
would
you
like
to
do
but
don’t
feel
you
can
bring
yourself
to
do?
Is
there
a
step
you
should
be
taking
in
your
career,
but
you
haven’t?
How
open
are
you?
These
questions
can
raise
answers
that
allow
you
to
see
where
your
thoughts
are
limiting
you.
We
all
have
limiting
thoughts
or
beliefs,
and
I
think
they
are
like
shadows.
At
night
when
you
are
alone
they
are
scary,
but
when
you
throw
light
on
to
them….
they
disappear!
No
thought
has
the
power
to
stop
you
being
the
best
you
can,
unless
you
allow
it
to.
And
we
all
do.
So
here’s
my
plan
for
dealing
with
fear:
1.
Discover
exactly
what
the
thought/fear
is,
through
good
questions.
2.
Accept
that
you
have
this
fear.
It
probably
is
irrational,
ridiculous
etc.
but
do
not
add
that
level
of
judgment,
just
accept
the
reality
that
you
have
the
thought.
3.
Decide
on
whether
you
want
to
take
this
action
that
creates
your
fear.
(e.g.
I
have
a
fear
of
bungee
jumping.
My
life
will
be
no
different
if I
jump
– so
I
won’t.
But
if
it
was
a
fear
around
doing
some
marketing
etc.
then
I
would
want
to
have
the
result
that
marketing
brings)
4.
Take
the
action.
As
Susan
Jeffers
put
it
so
eloquently:
Feel
the
fear
and
do
it
anyway.
5.
Observe
the
fear
disappear!
Fear
can
be
useful,
but
most
of
the
time
it
just
holds
us
back
from
being
our
best.
Expunge
that
thought,
be
free
of
it
and
enjoy
your
success
and
growth!
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