When I was younger I had the worst fear of the dark. It was awful.  I could not walk into a dark room, i had to sleep with light coming into my room, sleeping with the door closed was out of the question and any noise i heard from any dark corner would send me screaming to my mother for protection.

As I got older i started to realise that my fear was holding me back.  With light coming into my room, I didn’t really have a good night sleep, and if my door was opened, as soon as someone else in the house started to walk around, it would wake me up.

Now not being as brave as I would have liked to be, I started to take control and make little changes.  I would close my door ever so slightly and over time i closed it a little more and a little more until i was comfortable enough to close it all the way.  I also realised that when you turn a light off the room is dark, but once your eyes adjust, it is not pitch black.

I also took note that mum left her kitchen light on and her door opened, nan left her kitchen light on and her door opened as did my other family members.  Then I realised that it was learned behaviour.  We had grown up with it for so long we just did it, but it added to our fears.

It was a huge accomplishment to get to the place where i sleep with my door closed, blinds down and a sleep mask on.  I am no longer afraid.  I’m so glad I questioned why I was afraid and did something about it.

How long did that fear keep me trapped?  How long did it prevent me from experiencing things?

So my question to you would be, is there anything in your life that is being missed out on because of fear? And what would happen if you questioned it and took small steps to overcome that fear?

You may be surprised by what you achieve.

Sounds like a fair enough question.  You don’t really monitor the thoughts that go through your head.  After all, we have so many of them, how are we suppose to keep tabs on them all.

I suggest you start to because what you think about will come about.  Whether you believe in this stuff or not is not the point.  It happens.  I know so many people who complain all day long, and they say how bad things are, and what is wrong with them, and who has done them wrong, and what is wrong with their jobs.  And you know what, they just get more of what they put their energy on.

Tony Robbins says that what we think about we bring about.  Where your focus goes, your energy flows.  How true is that.

If you don’t believe, try it for a week or so. Just take notice of what you focus on.  Do you think about how bad things are and what is wrong in your life.  Or do you think about how many fabulous things you have and how blessed you are.

Whatever is going on in your life, your thinking is playing a huge role in it.

Think about it