Twice this morning, I’ve come across something that has the message, “Be authentic.” How appropriate since I just announced I’m stepping into my “authenticity” (aka my quirky nature.)

When I receive messages more than once like that (many times, seemingly out of the blue,) it’s time to listen.

What makes me cover up my authenticity?

That pesky little F word….FEAR.

I’ve hidden behind a veil of “normalism” (yes, once again, I make up the perfect word to explain my position,) blending into the crowd because that’s what feels comfortable.

The road definitely very well traveled.

The easy way.

Well, the easy way is boring.

Your creative juices wallow in a pool of stagnation.

Isn’t that a pretty picture???

But it’s true.

How often do you have a flash of inspiration about something that sets your soul on fire, and you just push it down, adding it to the cesspool of unfulfilled dreams?

An even prettier picture, I might add…

What sounds more inviting, a cool, crisp stream of inspiration or a stagnant cesspool of unfulfilled dreams?

I’ll take cool crisp stream of inspiration for $500, Alex.

Surprising Yourself

Last night, I grabbed my massive pile of idea books and notes and sat down to look through them. They take up several notebooks and fill up briefcases and bags. I’m an idea machine.

Over the years, I have taken notes, written ideas and thoughts, hundreds of quotes I created, and did nothing with them.

All thanks to that frickin’ frackin’ f word… FEAR!

(The “frickin’ frackin’ came from a thought I had on Facebook when I thought, “Those frickin’ frackin’ Farmville folks won’t leave me alone! Yes, I’m well aware I need serious help…)

Now it’s my catch phrase of the week.

Personally, I think it sounds cool.

My daughter never fails to remind me how incredibly UNCOOL I really am. (especially after she got grounded for a month, but I digress…………)

Oh, yeah, and I ruined her life…

But that’s another story, so back to the F word…

I’ve wasted SO MUCH TIME over the years, simply for lack of the confidence that I could do anything with my talent.

Who would listen to me?

What if?

Arrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!

Enough already!

Fear based thinking will keep you stuck in your tracks. Wallowing in that cesspool of unfulfilled dreams.

Nastiness abounds.

I’m through with that.

Done.

Enough already.

I’m stepping into my own light. Shining it on all who care to partake in it. Inspiring others to light up their own lives. Time to shine…

Funny how when I was looking through my books last night, I ran across writing of mine from several years ago that totally related to where I am right now, and I honestly can’t even remember writing it.

I found a list I wrote on “ways to earn multiple streams of income” and I found it funny that one of them was an idea to invest, and this morning, the very thing I was talking about in the list presented itself to me out of the blue.

Will it work out?

Who knows.

Will I let fear keep me from trying it?

That’s a Hell to the no!

Fear…

Feelings
Even
Angie
Recognizes

HA HA!

I’m full of ‘em. (or just full of somethin’!)

In Closing…

Let me just say this one quick thing and I’ll be done with this for now.

Fear is the opposite of love.

Doesn’t it feel better to live with love in your heart than with fear?

Doesn’t love make you want to leap, when fear stops you in your tracks?

Fear is the past for me.

Love is the present. (as in now AND in a gift)

Which brings me to the future…

I think I’ll choose love there too.

Care to join me?

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