Will You Allow FEAR to Steal Your Dream?

Most of us have coped with fears of various things at some point in our lives.  Forgive me for this morbid description, but the following story is the first time that I faced fear.   When I was a child, I was extremely afraid of people who were sick and incomprehensibly afraid of the dead.    I wondered how I would ever get over those fears – especially when my father, whom I loved dearly, asked me “would I be afraid of him when he passed away.  I told him I hoped that I wouldn’t, but I was not convinced that I would ever get over those fears.

As I grew up, I began to understand that my fear of sick and dead people stemmed from the fact that I lost my mother at the age of four, and that was a very traumatic experience for me.  Even though my mother died suddenly, I began to fear people that were sick because I thought they would soon die.

At some point I began to realize that I had to face these fears …..so when my father was diagnosed with lung cancer, I spent as much time as possible with him and found that I had nothing to fear.  When he passed on, someone in my family told me to touch my father and I would overcome my fear and voila… I overcame my fear of the dead.

Although I have had other fears I have been able to overcome them.  When I started in network marketing a couple years ago, I discovered another fear which I am still trying to overcome …….fear of getting in front of a camera and making a video.  I bought a Camtasia to make screen shots so I wouldn’t have to face the camera.  I made many excuses for not making videos, but the bottom line is fear that it would not be perfect, wondering how I would look, what others might think or say….. and so on.

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My not wanting to face the camera has lost me a ton of money, and I stand to lose even more since my current business involves making a lot of videos.  I have finally decreed that “Enough is Enough.”  I am going to break through this fear the same way I broke through my previous fears — FACE MY FEAR and JUST DO IT.

Fear can definitely be a Dream Killer, but I realize that in order to  gain a wider perspective,  grow, and be successful , I MUST step up and face my fear…. And if you are experiencing the same problem, you must do the same.

When two of my business colleagues– Octavia Latrice and Karen Monasingh decided to start a 21-day Video Challenge to overcome their fear of making videos, I decided to join the Challenge.

This is Day 1 of my challenge and my journey with making videos for the next 21 days has officially begun for me.  I am confident that I CAN and WILL be successful on this challenge.  I ask you to hold me to the Challenge and help Keep Me Accountable!

To encourage myself and the rest of the 21-day Video Challenge Group, as well as others who face the same challenge, here are some inspirational quotes on facing and overcoming fears.

“Fear – False Evidence Appearing Real.”     - Unknown Author

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”      – Dale Carnegie

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”    – Eleanor Roosevelt

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain “    – Frank Herbert

If you have had some of the same experiences, share your experiences with me.  It would be comforting to learn that others have gone through the same struggles and overcame them.

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To Your Massive Success,