Streeeeetch yourself if you want to THRIVE!

by Rev. Margaret A. Franklin Online Entreprenaur

I don't know how he keeps coming up with all this good stuff. I do know that "... God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." [2 Timothy 1:7]

I also believe that being consumed by fear is a little death...because it cripples mind, body and spirit. I know too that we cannot avoid fear, but if we can, like Mastin says, change our perception of our fears...we can make them work for us. Amen.

Abundant Blessings,

Rev. Margaret

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Let's be real, you like your comfort zone. So do I. But staying in there is death to dreams.

The way out is to find people who have what you want, who have achieved the outcome you want and get their advice. And here's the thing, because they see the road ahead, they are going to be able to see things you can't yet. They are going to be able to guide you and show you a way of doing things that will scare the CRAP out of you.

You know you are stepping out of your comfort zone when you are scared and nervous. I PREFER to live in this space. It summons my survival instincts and pushes me to evolve and stretch.

But here's the thing, and I cannot emphasize this enough. The MEANING we give the fear at the edge of our comfort zone will GREATLY determine the outcome and our future.

When we stretch ourselves, when we are afraid and we give that fear the meaning "this is part of my dreams coming true " - we have a much different response than "I should quit because I'm scared".

Oh HELL no. We want to USE FEAR as FUEL for our dreams. We want to USE FEAR as a compass showing us where to go. We want to USE being uncomfortable as motivation for moving forward and expressing and tapping into that Force within us that is designed to help us survive.

JK Rowling talks about failure and she says that for her, failure stripped away everything that was non-essential for her to live her dream and focus on writing Harry Potter.

Talk about an empowering meaning!

Imagine giving failure that meaning? It makes me want to get failing quickly. And then give it the meaning that everything that is NON-ESSENTIAL to my dream is being peeled away. And this is a part of my dream coming true.

This is the kind of courage we need - with the PERSISTENCE to get through the dips and the setbacks. Because they WILL come. But your Spirit and The Uni-verse are stronger. You have to just give yourself an opportunity to prove that to yourself, which means you gotta go through it!

So - how can you STRETCH today? Leave a comment and let me know!

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