Let me know if this has ever happened to you—
You walk past a store, maybe one that sells luxury cars or expensive bags, and you don’t go in because you know you can’t afford anything, and you’re afraid the people inside will know that too.
Or you’re at the gym, and you avoid a particular machine because you know it’s tough, and you don’t want to make a fool of yourself in front of others.
Or you dream of starting a business, but you keep thinking, “What if it fails?,” so you never even try.
Or maybe you keep reading about Speed Slim and watching transformation stories, but you’re scared to start, scared of failing, of people making fun of you, of wasting your time and money.
Fear is one of the most uncomfortable emotions we experience—so uncomfortable that we often go out of our way to avoid feeling it. When fear interacts with our thoughts, the mind begins to construct vivid scenarios where that fear becomes real. It then tries to protect us by devising ways to prevent those imagined outcomes. If we fear losing money or becoming poor, our mind creates situations where that could happen, and ironically, we start taking actions (or avoiding actions) that steer us toward those very outcomes.
We forget that like all our emotions and thoughts, our fear and these scenarios are inside us only. They do not exist in the real world. Most of the bad things we visualise never happen. But we want to feel ‘safe’ in our head. So we avoid doing things that would even slightly evoke fear. Like children scared to look under the bed because of monsters. By the way, did you laugh at your kids when they told you that?
You are not your thoughts. Your mind plays tricks on you, but you can observe it from a distance and see for what it is, a machine creating thoughts and emotions but it is not you. Because you have control over this machine. You can direct it to think one scenario at one moment and the next moment you can direct it to think completely opposite scenario. It is a machine at your disposal. It is not you.
Let’s do a quick thought experiment with your fear.
For a moment, imagine this: your husband is angry with you for spending money on a diet plan. You’ve failed to follow it, you haven’t lost any weight, and now you’re listening to his tirade. Feel that scenario fully. Now, in the very next moment, shift your mind to a different scene: you’ve followed the Speed Slim plan, lost a lot of weight, and you’re proudly showing your prize money to your husband. He’s admiring the way you look in all your new dresses, and you can feel his pride and affection.
Keep switching between these two thoughts, and you’ll notice how your emotions change instantly with each one. Now here’s the important part: both of these scenarios are imaginary. They exist only in your mind. So the question is, which one are you choosing to live in?
Fear holds us back from growth. If you’re afraid the sun will burn your skin, you’ll never step outside.
The first step to overcoming fear is to acknowledge it. Let it rise inside you without resistance. Are you afraid of wasting your money or being cheated? Afraid of letting go of your favorite foods? Afraid of failing and being laughed at? Or perhaps you’re afraid that your family and friends won’t support you?
Whatever your fear is, don’t push it away. Let it move through you. Observe it without judgment. See it for what it really is: just a thought. Nothing more, nothing less. And once you see it clearly, you can choose to let it go.
You can choose to think differently.
You can choose to imagine yourself losing belly fat on Speed Slim and finally getting that flat stomach other women admire. You can picture yourself slipping into smaller-sized clothes at a store, and loving the way they fit. You can choose to see your husband looking at you with a renewed crush, feeling more drawn and intimate with you than ever before. These thoughts are imaginary too, but unlike fear, they pull you forward. They inspire growth. They push you to take action. They open the door to change. Fear tries to keep you caged. But empowering thoughts? They set you free.
Ultimately, which thoughts are you going to tell your brain to keep? That will decide what kind of life you are going to live.
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