Dissolving our Fears
by Yvette Trujillo, RScP
What if we could move about our world without so much fear? It seems that if I pay close enough attention to the motivations running through my head, often I can find fear at the core: fear of the consequences of doing or not doing this or that, fear that I won’t have enough or my share, fear that someone is going to take advantage of me or that I’m being naïve, fear that I won’t be accepted, fit in, be liked, fear of what is to come in my body, mind, and finances as I move down this road of aging. I fear that I’ve not made the “right” choices in life and that I’ve gone down the “wrong” path.
I like to think of myself as an optimist and a person of great faith, and yet I can feel these concerns like a constant low hum in the background of everything. It seems the two can exist at the same time, one overcoming the other at different times depending on a wild variety of things like waking up well rested, being committed to my daily spiritual practice, hormonal shifts, eating too much sugar, a negative encounter with someone last week, or a large consumption of social media or news.
Life happens. It is happening all the time, and there is a chance for things to go badly and a chance for things to go well. I know that up until now, I’ve been able to make it through all of it. I’ve woken up on this side of the dirt every morning, no matter the challenges I’ve faced. Some I’ve handled better than others, but I’ve come out on the other side every time.
I recently heard a new acronym for fear: Face Everything and Rise. I have much evidence that I can and have done just this, as well as Forget Everything and Run. What I know is that when I do the former, I feel better about myself, and when I do the latter, I learn. So, ultimately, I can’t mess this up.
I know that there is a vibration flowing through all of life that is for me and for you. Call it Universe, Spirit, Divine Presence, or whatever you like. This One Life is ever present, and it is operating for my good and the good of all life. It is perfectly unfolding in every moment, whether we see it or agree with it. Life is forever moving us toward our highest expression, no matter what we do or the circumstances we encounter. And so today I anchor myself more securely to this knowing. I pull back from my memory banks both the times when I have survived and the times when I have thrived. I allow myself to roll around in the wisdom I gained and the confidence I felt and etch that truth more deeply into my heart. I can’t mess this up! And so today I meet all my fears with that mountain of evidence and watch those fears dissipate like sugar in water. Spirit is for my good, and so am I.
And so it is.