I have deduced life down to a couple of things throughout my years.
- What we seek most as humans is positive emotions.
- Fear is the emotion that drives most negative emotions.
You can equate all of your actions in life to seeking positive emotions. If you buy a house or car, take a trip, meet with friends, etc you selfishly do these things so that you can feel positive emotions.
On the other side of positive emotions, you have to continually compete with fear. Fear is the emotion that causes procrastination or stopping yourself from taking a leap into your dreams.
When you stop yourself from doing something, you have to ask yourself if this coming from a point of fear. Are you delaying because of the fear of discomfort or maybe the fear of looking like a fool? Whatever it is, we have to continually check in with our thoughts to make sure we are not sabotaging ourselves.
My deepest fear is abandonment and it prevents me from having closer relationships to people. I have to continually ask myself where this fear is coming from.
Is there a fear that is holding you back from your dreams? If so, what can you do to catch this emotion to empower yourself for greatness? I believe that we can do this with the right amount of intention and effort.