I have been away for a long time with only a brief check in. Roxanne has been kind enough to read some of the posts and type a reply under my name.
With Gods mighty help I have won the battle with Cancer, survived a Pit Bull attack and naturally groups of three, a final blow with a passing of kidney stones. I do not envy child birth any longer.
While down, but not out, I have reviewed my vast library and found an old theorem on fear and thought about its implication on the theme of quitting smoking. While I have advocated that the quit process is a complete change of life styles, I found this article to be somewhat supportive of that. It is called honoring life changes. I hope you will enjoy the read.
Anything worth doing will always have some fear attached to it. For example, having a baby, getting married, changing careers-all of these life changes can bring up deep fears. It helps to remember that this type of fear is good. It is your way of questioning whether you really want the new life these changes will bring. It is also a potent reminder that releasing and grieving the past is a necessary part of moving into the new.
Fear has a way of throwing us off balance, making us feel uncertain and insecure, but it is not meant to discourage us. Its purpose is to notify us that we are at the edge of our comfort zone, poised in between the old life and a new one. Whenever we face our fear, we overcome an inner obstacle and move into new and life-enhancing territory, both inside and out. The more we learn to respect and even welcome fear, the more we will be able to hear its wisdom, wisdom that will let us know that the time has come to move forward, or not. While comfort with fear is a contradiction in terms, we can learn to honor our fear, recognizing its arrival, listening to its intelligence, and respecting it as a harbinger of transformation. Indeed, it informs us that the change we are contemplating is significant, enabling us to approach it with the proper reverence.
You might wish to converse with your fear, plumbing its depths for a greater understanding of the change you are making. You could do this by sitting quietly in meditation and listening or by journaling. Writing down whatever comes up-your worries, your sadness, your ex
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