LET GO IN LIFE!

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One newspaper advice columnist was asked if there was a predominant theme in her readers' request for help. She replied, "Yes, there is -- fear. People are afraid of losing their loved ones, their health, their wealth. People are afraid of life itself."

Going to the dentist is a fearful experience for many people. One man jokingly listed his middle name as "Wimp" on the admittance form. The receptionist read it, laughed and assured him that there was nothing to worry about. "Besides," she added, "many patients felt the same way."

Half an hour later, the same receptionist came into the waiting room. Looking directly at the nervous patient, she said, smiling, "The doctor will now see the wimp."

Three other people got up with him.

At least those people were there! Too often we find it easier to avoid a thing we fear and never grow beyond it. In order to do all we want to do and to live as fully as possible, we will have to learn to manage our fears.

I believe that it was Dr. Paul Tournier who once compared life to a man swinging on a trapeze. Back and forth he went. The bar was his whole life -- back and forth, back and forth. He hung on tightly and felt secure. He knew nothing other than swinging on the trapeze -- back and forth.

Then one day another bar came into view and he faced a dilemma. What was he to do? Should he reach for the new bar? Should he take the chance ... abandon the security he'd always known and venture forth to a new place? He felt excited, and a little scared.

The moment of truth dawned, however, when he realized that, in order to reach the new bar, he would have to LET GO of the old one. The thought terrified him. But he knew that he could never move ahead unless he left the place where he was.

Our lives are filled with fearful moments and anxious decisions. Managing the fear sometimes means letting go and just doing it. It's the only way to move ahead.

Do you need to let go and take hold of that new thing? The reward could be the life you've been wanting.

From Lifesupport.

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