Break the Chains of Fear
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Just as a tree bears fruits, a person also ought to produce fruits such as prosperity, good health, goodwill and many other qualities that makes man different from any other creature. As we all are aware, an animal is never interested in growth aspects, they’d rather settle for seldom achievements like pride, survival and existence. When we are under the influence of fear, its effect can come to us in different formats such as fear of death, fear of losing someone/something, fear of rejection, fear of sickness and the fear of not being loved, are some of the fears that chain us from moving forward.
Climbing a steep hill with a heavy stone on your back is not an easy task. You will never be able to climb high, as the weight of the stone will consume your energy and hinder you from driving upwards and forward. Psychologically fear is a chain within you, which only you can break. It mitigates you from moving forward, similar to a situation where you are unable to run at your utmost speed because you are chained.
Growth is about elevating yourself from one level to another by sensing and seizing attractive opportunities. Behind many successful stories are those who have tirelessly committed themselves in capturing the attractive opportunities which were readily available. Opportunities do come with a life span and they lose their value once they have been captured and utilized to the utmost.
Fear of rejection prevents you from participating. If you don’t participate, as a result of not being in the playground you become unable to capture the available opportunities. What fear actually does is, it throws you out of the playground, so you need to understand that you will never be able to win the battle by keeping away from the playground. The rewards are based on the competition which is taking place at the playground.
Fear also has the ability to push you into a cave known as isolation. The fear of losing halts you from competing. There’s no winning without competing. If you want to be victorious in life, then you should definitely become a participant rather than a mere spectator.
A prisoner who is released from jail after nearly thirty years or more, will find that the world has transformed a long way ahead, leaving him obsolete. He would feel so because he has been living in the same frame of mind while the world was travelling from one level to another in terms of modifications in lifestyle, technology, infrastructure, culture and so many other transforming aspects.
Another detrimental aspect of fear is that it stagnates you from seizing opportunities. As we all know stagnation is an awful scenario to be in as it has no means of growth in it. Where there is no growth, there will be no enhancement of joy, because joy is an achievement. A scenario of stagnation does not produce achievement, enhancement or uplifting, then that person cannot derive joyfully.
Furthermore, people who are being controlled by fear are always living in frustration, because fear in its fullest form itself is frustration. Just like other people who are being controlled by fear, are human beings with nostrils, who also want to live in joy but they are unable to do so, as their fears have stolen their inner peace. Peace is a state of mind which could only be attained with freedom. Fear is a state of mind which puts you in slavery. In the simplest form fear makes you a slave.
Just as a cancer which is an abnormal growth of cells which tends to proliferate in an uncontrolled manner and in some cases to even spread, Fear also grows abnormally in your mind in an uncontrollable manner spreading it towards your heart, then into your spirit, transfiguring you into a lifeless human being who is unable to bear fruits.
Where fear is present, activities such as participating, risk taking, partaking, bouncing back, creativity, innovative thinking and competing gets deactivated. Therefore, just as a cancer kills a person physically, fear can kill a person psychologically.
Some parents stop their children from playing on rough grounds and cycling on dusty roads, by doing so they inculcate fear in the minds of their children, frightening them with the fear of what would happen if they fall. We need to understand that without falling one would not understand how it feels to fall down. Only when you fall will you be able to learn the means of falling and the methods to avoid falling.
This doesn’t mean that you ought to advise them or stop them, if they are deviating from their original plan. Don’t enslave yourself to fear, as it will only ruin your peace. Not only will it ruin your peace of mind but it will also rob your sleep. As one cannot sleep well with a frustrated sense of mind. When you are sleepless you will obviously lose your physical health as well. This is the very reason I mentioned that fear is a cancer which can spread into all corners of your life and dismantle your productivity.
Finally, if energy is not utilized at the proper time, it will become dry or less effective. When you live in fear, you will never be able to divert your energy towards growth by capturing opportunities. When a vehicle is parked for a long period of time without being driven, its battery will get degraded. Likewise energy is activated on constant use, and when you utilize your energy constantly you will be able to enhance your energy levels.
Therefore, start challenging your fears before it continues to grow from one level to another. But the moment you challenge your fears they will back off after resisting in its initial stages when your challenge is constant and greater than the resistance.
Therefore, train yourself to challenge your fears and be the master of your mind than allowing the fears to take control of your mind.