It’s time for a daily dose of quotes on fear to help diffuse it. Fear saps creativity and induces stress, and usually, it’s over things we can’t change and imaginings that never happen.
When it comes to fearful events, it’s very hard not to be afraid of unknown and alarming circumstance. During emergencies and challenges, we need our wits—and our humanity—about us more than ever. However, fear cripples and constricts, blocking creativity.
Creating, even when we don’t feel like it at first, begins to dissolve constricting fear and negativity. Why? Because creativity expands us, fear and negativity contract us.
Panic and fear reduce creativity and resourcefulness.
Holding onto fear of what might happen is only helpful for thoughtful preparation. After that, we must let it go for peace of mind and a greater ability to move.
If you wish to go straight to fear quotes, scroll on down to that heading. Otherwise, you may glean additional insights from this short intro article on fear.
Elevate Your State
Amidst the fears and uncertainties pulsating alarmingly through the body of humanity right now, please consider elevating yourself and those around you. Focus on gratitude, beauty, positivity and prudence, for these have the power to diffuse fear.
If the worst case scenario were to happen next week, or in a month, there’s nothing we can do about it. However, one thing is for certain, we can change our reaction to it and the story of what that does to us. More importantly, we can literally choose to let go the fear through acceptance of what is.
Put the Power of Suggestion to Work for You
Numerous studies have revealed that the human brain and autonomic nervous system are wired to react more strongly to negative images, words and events than to positives.
This probably comes as no surprise. If you’re an author with a published book and you have 99 five star reviews on your book and one, one star review, guess which one takes up the bulk of attention in your brain? That’s right… the ONE negative review becomes all consuming.
Our animal brains are wired to focus on the negative because to that ancient lizard brain, focusing on the negative could help keep us alive. But in today’s fast paced world and negative news, our ancient brain is still functioning in the past.
“The extent to which we live in the past is the extent to which we limit our future.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
What’s in a Word?
You’re sure to remember this old children’s rhyme:
“Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words shall never harm me.“
This old saying helps children learn an important lesson about what we allow to affect us. However, it’s not entirely true.
The Power of Words
It turns out that words alone can actually alter our brain chemistry which can alter our thoughts, hormones, feelings, and sense of well being for better or for worse. This reveals the power and importance of focusing on positives.
The challenge we all face is the biological wiring that we are evolving through that cause negative words to be more powerful than positive words. Negatives activate and charge up our neural networks more rapidly and extensively than positive words.
Negative words are the storm that blocks the light of reason and positivity, and can lead to stress, anxiety and even panic attacks.[1]https://experts.umn.edu/en/publications/bad-is-stronger-than-good The more our attention is besieged the more power the negative has and the larger it looms.
Dwelling in that vicious cycle turns the storm into a hurricane. When we’re caught up in the storms of life it can be hard to remember the sun. We’ve likely all had the experience of taking a flight that pierced through a cloud blanketed sky. To suddenly be above the storm in a blue and sunny sky can be a tremendous transition.
That plane took tremendous energy to lift off the ground and fly free of gravity and clouds. Similarly, it can be extraordinarily challenging to break out of,
As the storm rains upon us, we cannot ignore the elements, so we take cover. The severity of the storm and our mental conditioning determine the degree to which the storm impacts us.
Let’s batten the hatches against fear, not each other.
THE SERENITY PRAYER
~Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr, theologian, 1892-1971
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Sanity and Sanctity
For your sanity, and the sanctity of your life, let go the fear and proceed with a focus on the future you’re crafting into existence, by the thoughts you hold, the actions you take and the things you make.
There is no point in dwelling on an unknown and uncertain future, the worst of which may or may not unfold. There is no benefit, but much detriment in giving way to the grip of fear.
We are creating our reality in the present moment.
The more positivity we set in motion the less the darkness holds sway.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Gratitude
Gratitude opens the area of our brain that connects us with creativity, joy, love and… art. Art expressed from this place brings light and beauty to a world in need, and frees us to create more, do more, be more.
The fastest way out of fear and overwhelm is through gratitude.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
Personal Crises
Personally, my family has been undergoing numerous crises on multiple fronts. After months of deep stress and duress, these are the lessons wrought from the fires of initiation into that next level of beingness.
These are the self-healing remedies that have worked for us. As with any skill, the more you practice the better you get at it and the easier it is to do.
No matter what… to my last day on this planet, love, faith and hope is the path I choose. No more will fear rule the day. Worry and fear is kryptonite to creativity.
We are resilient, we are strong, we are good.
AFFIRMATION:
I am resilient, I am strong, I am good.
~iCreateDaily.com®
Quotes on Fear
Fear never goes away when we’re trying something new. Insecurity and discomfort are integral to the growth process—to creating art and creating yourself.
~Chase Jarvis, cofounder CreativeLive, author, born 1971
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
~Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) 1933 first presidential inaugural address
Do not fret uncertainty, doubt and the unknown. Friend the fear… examine it… take it out to lunch. Explore what it’s trying to tell you. Then send it on its way.
LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.”
~William Allen White, newspaper editor, politician, author, 1868-1944
Face the fear and it dissolves like the night at dawn.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
“When you face your fears, they disappear!”
~Multiple authors
“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the