Random thoughts | Fear | Choice | Ego

What if fear is your ego's
way of attempting to keep
you from failing?

How does it know you
would fail if you chose
to act?

Are our life's experiences
limited by our
ego's desire to stay safe?

What's so wrong with
failure? 

Your first attempts at
walking were failures.

Your first attempts at
speaking were failures.

Your first attempts at
writing were failures.

As we age, it seems we
grow out of the expectation
that we are likely to fail
on our way to success.

Is it a bigger failure to
never try than it is to try
and not succeed?

How can we possibly know
the outcome of all of the
things we suspect we will
fail at?

And...why aren't we willing
to give ourselves some
breathing room?  After all,
the attempt may bring success,
or bring the info need for a
future attempt's success.

Just a few of the things on my
mind today...
 

Fear

I was speaking with someone yesterday who has
made a difficult decision after a long delay.

It was nice to be able to help him hypnotically,
as we've been speaking on and off for several
years now.

One of the interesting things that came up was
the topic of fear. He came to realize that he
was less comfortable with the fear he had of
staying in his situation than he had of the
fear of the unknown. As a result, after a long
and trying time (years) he reluctantly (and
optimistically and hesitantly) is moving
forward in spite of the unknown.

It's interesting to note that we are very
often motivated by pain and pleasure. When
someone wants to get us to do something, all
they have to do is make certain that we
focus on the right thing in the correct
measure.

They can either get us to focus on the pleasure,
and draw us in, or have us focus on the pain
(or possibility of pain that we want to avert)
to motivate us in the way they want us to be
motivated. Many sales are based on this idea,
as well as many other aspects of our life.

It doesn't have to be that way - but it takes
being consciously aware to avert the pitfalls
of this type of thing - and that is probably
one of the most difficult things to do in
the situations that are the most emotionally
charged for us.

However, it CAN be done.

I offered to help this person in any way I can
to help support him through the trying
transition, and would likely do the same for
anyone else who really wanted (and would use)
the help. If you're in a predicament, and
could use some support like what I can give
(and if you know me, you know it is likely to
be more than just hypnosis) reach out, and
let's talk.

Nothing is worse than having a problem and
feeling by yourself, not sure where to turn.

What makes hypnosis great for pleasure is the
same thing that makes it great for real life
circumstances and issues.

If you've never considered it,
you might just be surprised.