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Fear Emotions - Positive or Negative?

What is fear's purpose? How do you handle it? While I amworking in my pest control business, I meet people on analmost daily basis who are influenced by negative fearthoughts regarding pests invading their premises. A goodsize spider, rat, or unexpected insect can set someone offpretty quickly, and literally immobilize them. It consumestheir thoughts to the point where they have trouble thinkingabout anything else.

What is fear's purpose? How do you handle it? While I amworking in my pest control

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business, I meet people on analmost daily basis who are influenced by negative fearthoughts regarding pests invading their premises. A goodsize spider, rat, or unexpected insect can set someone offpretty quickly, and literally immobilize them. It consumestheir thoughts to the point where they have trouble thinkingabout anything else.

Thinking about why people do this, makes me wonder about thepurpose of Fear emotions. I really started wondering as tohow many people really do allow Fear, anxiety, worry, etc.to freeze them into inaction in everyday life. They achievea very negative result, one which I have to think, is notwhat they really want.

Fear - What is it's purpose? Do you let fear immobilize youor do you act in spite of it, safely, consciously aware ofwhy it is there?

Personally, I look upon fear as a positive emotion. I knowthat uncontrolled this emotion can breed many negativeresults. But when controlled, this emotion can spur youinto action like no other I know of. And I think that thisis truly the reason for fear. Think of it as your bestfriend, preparing you for progress. Make friends with theunknown.

We should acknowledge the fear we are experiencing. Allowthat it is a positive thing within us that warns us of someimpending danger or harm. And then, analyze it to see if itis real or imagined, justified or not. When we recognizeit's positive intent, it is no longer something toimmobilize us, but quite the reverse, we can jump intoaction to remedy 'why' we are fearful.

I think that it is the inaction bred by over-analyzing, byfocusing on the fear, actually dwelling on it, imaginingthe 'what ifs', that keeps us from taking the actionsnecessary to move though it. We need to process it, notdwell in it. I'm sure everyone has heard the old expression,'A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave person, only one.'We do not want to hold the FEAR thought. That is not what itis there for.

As long as we focus on the positive intent a fearful staterepresents, rather on the fear itself, we can questionourselves as to what this fear is trying to tell us to do,and take the necessary actions to protect ourselves orblast us though this perceived barrier.

All we have to know is, `What is really going on here?'What do I need to do in order for me to feel better aboutmoving forward? Or do I really need to back off from thiscourse? Do I need to take another smaller action (babystep) or do I just need to change my perception about whatis going on here?

Then, move forward in some direction no matter how small astep it seems. Usually just taking action and the momentumyou gain and feel, will free you from the fearful,concerned, worried feeling you had.

Do you have something bothering you, or something you havebeen putting off, or dreading? Something you know you mustdo, but just haven't been able to face up to the task? Breakit down until there is something you can move forward with.Take it in baby steps, take action. Do it and thencelebrate the victory! Feel your confidence grow!

Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it anaction thought that empowers you.

This is only one person's opinion, but I feel it is betterto believe in something beneficial that I can take control of,rather than be at it's mercy!.

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