What is FEAR? FEAR stands for False Evidence Appearing Real.
I have been feeling anxious , worried, resentful, envious about several personal & professional situations/things/people that causing some loveless arguments with my loved ones, resulting no peace and harmony at work and home
Reflecting on this FEAR acronym and lessons 47 & 48 in A course in Miracles Workbook, they came in at the right time to reframe my perspectives.
Lesson 47 : “ God is the strength in which I trust “ and lesson 48 “ There is nothing to fear.
"The presence of fear is a sure sign that you are trusting in your strength. If you are trusting in your own strength, you have every reason to be apprehensive, anxious and fearful. “ When you are in fear, how could you have faith in weakness and feel safe?
Hence, I started to reflect about the situations and people ’s behaviours and asking the following questions to self-coach myself:
What are my deep down feeling about the situations and people behaviours?
What am I fearful about?
Is it about them or about my own perceptions?
Then I realised that my perceptions about situations, people behaviour s have engendered the “fear” or loveless feelings. Ii is about me and not others. Subsequently, i asked myself
What can I see differently?
Am I willing to see differently?
What is more important to me at this moment?
What shall I do or be next?
By asking myself these questions I found peace within and I am feeling good and happy again. I reframed from FEAR to LOVE perspectives.
I am no different from you, we are all “ work in progress” , by self-coaching we create more self awareness for ourselves. Certainly we are onboarding in the journey of U turn to love
Thank you for sharing this, Wee Hen. The questions are empowering; writing the answers down sharpens the clarity of life situations and makes them bearable and manageable.