Love Overcomes Fear

InSpire by Tony Gilotte

Love Overcomes Fear

I have had some recent lessons in the art of listening to my own fears, not to give them space but to give them a hearing. Instead of being woken in the middle of the night, or experiencing fear in a stomach or headache, or tension somewhere in my body, or emotions of sadness or worry, I am giving my fears a hearing.

The stronger part of me, my soul, can offer a space of unconditional love for all parts of me. Including my fear. Listening to but not internalizing my fears, allowing the reasoning behind fear to be expressed, will help to relieve them.

Life is not easy, taking risks and trusting is always a challenge to the desire for safety and familiarity. Truly experiencing life requires us to follow our heart, our passion, to find fulfillment we must step out into the unknown and be stretched to see what we can become if we will follow our dreams. To do less is to not live fully. Yet to do so, can provoke fear which is often dormant until risk arises.

Giving your fears a hearing along the road toward fulfillment is simply loving all aspects of yourself. Your passion gets a place to be heard, so let's also give fear a place. The difference is that when fear gets in the atmosphere of love, it diminishes.

Fear is fed by judgment, our own, or someone else's. Perfect love casts out or removes fear, not by rejecting it, but by assuring it that there is no judgment, failure will occur and you will still be loved, you will fall short, and still, be loved. It is ok, to not be perfect, no one is, and judgment usually comes from us and others, when we forget that.