Say Yes

Is fear just context? By context I mean the filter through which our awareness views reality.

Is the context mutable?

Does our context shift from day to day? Is our context static or changing?

Can we totally transform the context?

I am about to commit to an ambitious project. My initial reaction is fear. The reasons for not doing it rise up in my inner monologue and begin reinforcing the fearful context that is my unconscious reaction. Self doubt, not enough time, I'll fail, fear of stress, wanting to be comfortable. Those inner conversations destroy any possibility and are limiting. They put up a fence. They keep me sleepy - half alive.

Then I become conscious of it. The whole movement of it. The fear, the reaction, the monologue and its reasons. I see the aim of the monologue - its intention.

I realize that it is the status quo. The inner monologue becomes the bars of the prison of my self. It is the context that keeps me small, safe, apart from life and aliveness. There is no adventure possible within that context, nor is there expansion. I will not know myself fully if I follow that path.

Can I transform the context - my default view - of the situation from one of fear, weakness and limitation to one of power and mastery?

All I can do is say "yes" and begin to speak powerfully. Use words that give me a different context in relating to the project - to my life. Talk about it from a space of enthusiasm and excitement. Visualize success. Approach it with integrity and discipline.

Love every minute of it because it is my life.