There is a young third grader named Stella Ehrhart. For the last year she’s been doing something that may seem a little “weird” to some. She’s been dressing as a different historical character every day.
You Are Not a Turkey, and Emotions Aren’t Stuffing
We women feel deeply, whether we care to admit it or not. When we cut off that piece of ourselves, we cut off our power! This is also what sensuality is all about. We can’t be sensual without being in touch with our feelings. Sensual is about the senses, so if we cut off our feelings, we ignore the messages coming in from our senses. No wonder so many of us feel disconnected from our environment, from other people, from our dreams. It all comes back to our feelings.
Your Mind is a Soap Opera Writing Machine
There are a couple of acronyms for fear: False Expectations Appearing Real or Failure Expected And Received.
A more formal definition would be the anticipation of pain.
This definition illustrates the fact that fear is about the FUTURE. Can we live in the future? No, but our mind sure spends a lot of time there. It’s busy making up scenarios of what will happen if you do this thing you fear. And they’re always elaborate and a little crazy, just like a soap opera.
Confidentially Confident
In moments like these, you may not feel confident. All you may feel is stress, pain and/or fear. Others, seeing you from the outside, may be amazed at your fortitude. They may not say it in so many words, but when someone acts in integrity, against the odds we on the outside see that as being confident.
Judge Yourself, Others Feel Judged
The easy solution: stop judging yourself. When you’re able to truly stop judging yourself it opens you up to more possibilities. It opens you up to better relationships. It opens others up to feel safer and freer with you because they don’t feel judged. It makes your life fuller, more joyful, in general happier.