It's been said that many of us don't have a fear of failure but a fear of success. We are afraid of becoming the light. Why do we have these fears and how can we overcome?
Our media portrays a very clear picture of success - big houses, fast cars, and blond, buxom women. We are culturally attuned to these images, yet I think we know deep down inside that this picture of success is not something we want for ourselves. If we achieve "success", will we have achieved something we don't want? No wonder we fear it.
"Success" is something very, very personal. Only we can define it, and once we define it, we can start traveling the path. We don't know what path to travel until we define the goal, though.
The path, especially at the beginning, is a tough one. Our way is overgrown with our personal weeds and brush - our fears, our hatreds, our demons and other personal issues make the path difficult to navigate if not impossible to see. We are the light that illuminates out way, yet our lamp is shrouded by years and decades of cultural and personal programming.
As a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, our first step is to confront the things that are blocking our light. And for that, we can use an "echo".
Read this story here.
What are you shouting to the universe? What are you hearing back? Do you like it? What would you change?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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