Welcome to the last quarter!
Most of us have began to worry about what will happen in 2021, but the thing here is you still have this time to regroup. The mind is the greatest obstacle to success and self-improvement for many people…
The fear that we harbour about the unknowns of life, the future, and our choices may paralyze our ability to act. The problem is that unless we choose to confront our fears, they may compound pre-existing problems and create new ones in their wake, which seems to be the new thing.
The good news is that you can get more comfortable pushing forward by identifying and understanding what your fear of the unknown is, confronting it, and overcoming it.
Many people get more comfortable and build self-confidence as they embrace and step into the unknown, pushing forward into areas that make them uncomfortable. The world feels uncomfortable as it is so I will say a day at a time works fine. Youmaythinkofitlikeanovicesailor,theybuildconfidenceintheirabilitytonavigatethe unknown.
And that ties neatly into this popular quote!
A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for– John A.Shedd
You are not here to sit and rot away in your safe harbor. You’re here to leave a mark on the world,that is you’re meant to live, and that will require venturing out into the unknown. The world is moving on despite the 'Corona Virus', this is our chance to make our mark.
How can you overcome your fear of the unknown? Seek where your fear of the unknown comes from.
Fear is a natural human instinct that exists to keep us from harm. It is a rare person who experiences no fear at all, but fear limits us.
Those with few fears may have previously confronted theirs or grown comfortable with them in order to move past them. After all, courage is choosing to stare fear in the face and act anyway. Fear of the unknown may stem from an intimidating circumstance, situation, or memories of past attempts going badly. A person can be confident and sure of themselves if they feel that they can predict how something will happen. The loss of control can evoke anxiety,fear,and stress about all of the potential ways that something could go wrong. It’s not unusual for people with anxiety disorders to be controlling, as they are subconsciously trying to find relief from their underlying anxiety about everything that could go wrong. Familiarity or expectations of how a given situation will go provides us comfort, as we feel we can rely on the cause and effect of our actions.
There’s really no reason to be anxious if we know that Action A will have Result B. But, the reality is that the best laid plans can go awry. Sometimes we face external circumstances that we could not have predicted and need to trust that we can handle it. One must identify what it is they are afraid of and why they are afraid of it…Is it past defeats? Is it the unknown future? Is it just something large and intimidating that you’re taking on? This root knowledge will help guide your future decisions on how to proceed.
Research and understand the real risks associated with your fear.
The mind is able to expand, twist, and warp fear of the unknown into something much bigger than it is because of the intangible nature of that particular fear.
If you make the unknown known and understand the risks associated with it, you can reground yourself and keep your mind from spinning the fear into something larger than it is.
Many other fears are rooted in the unknown, and that makes familiarizing yourself with the issue, much more powerful in dismantling your fear.
What is the thing that you want to do? What are the risks associated with it?
You can find information on just about anything through the internet; including valuable information from professionals, specialists, experts, and people who have already succeeded in doing whatever it is you are trying to accomplish. I started my fish farm business with most of my knowledge gained by spending hours and gigabytes of data.
Start at the end and work backwards. Quantify your goal by writing it down and then work backwards to the point that you’re at now.
This method will also keep you from falling into the Analysis Paralysis trap, where a person just spends an inordinate amount of time analyzing and researching instead of developing a plan of action and following through on it.
Plan for as many real risks as you can! And if something comes up that you weren’t aware of, Dig back in, to find a solution that someone has likely already found. There’s no need to reinvent make it better.
Remember you are meant to succeed, for it is already accomplished. That is the word of my Saviour, your Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ.
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation this past Saturday. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up that morning. I try to go every six weeks or so, but this was no routine visit to the priest for me. I needed to unburden myself of the numerous venial sins I had committed since I last participated in this Sacrament.
Purest Gold: God's Refining Fire in our Lives »
After salvation, many young Christians wonder if there's anything more to their newfound faith than just the security blanket of "being a Christian." Time and time again, God shows himself as a "refiner," and our lives are as gold. God started leading me in this study to understand what He was doing in my life, as well as in the lives of others.
Picking up my pen to write this column, I couldn’t imagine how time flies. Since the last publication of this column I have gone through a lot, especially the loss of my dear mother to whom I dedicate this article. Not only her, but seems I lost a whole generation of my close family.
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Most of us youth in today's fast moving world are easily thrown off by difficulties and worries.
The theme of conversion is a thread that runs all through Lent, but conversion takes on different aspects throughout the phases of Lent. The first two and a half weeks focused on the interior turning of hearts; the liturgy urges the faithful to reflect and examine consciences thoroughly.
Saint Josephine Bakhita »
Feast Day: February 8
Patron Saint Of: Sudan
Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know suffering.
Catholics Must Fast More Intensely This Lent»
The Norbertine Canons of St. Michael's Abbey have created this digital Lenten retreat so that you can journey through this holy season alongside them. If you want to have one of your best Lenten seasons yet, join us in our Lenten Program "The Great Fast" - https://theabbotscircle.com/the-great-fast-join
When Your Faith Is Put to the Test - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon»
Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command.
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