Fear is something that often holds writers back.
And pretty much all human beings experience fear at varying degrees at all times.
You are either a person who has learned to tell your fears to shush up or, to one degree or another, you are a person who allows your fears to run your life.
Over the years, I have become increasingly aware of the difference between the false authority of fear and the deep wisdom of healthy, intuitive instincts.
Often the fears are louder, automatic, and can be difficult to shake off.
But it’s worth weathering the slings and arrows of fear because just past it is the wisdom that is inside each and every one of us.
My commitment to myself and to you in 2012, is to let my choices be guided by wisdom, not fear.
Fearless means feeling the fear and doing the wise thing anyway.
I did this in 2011. When writing The Writer’s Workout, I did not shirk the tough stuff. It’s all in there. I tackled the most difficult issues writer’s face, head on, and I wrestled them to the ground, in hopes that you would be able to, as well.
In 2012, I promise to be even more fearless. Because this is no time for cowards. This is the year that you and I need to be our own best heroes.
So, I’ll tell you what. I’ll be my own best hero and you be yours.
That sounds like the best possible world. I hope you will join me in selecting your focus for 2012. And I hope you will be fearless about it. 🙂
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I’ve been dodging posts on fear lately, Christina, thinking “that’s not my problem.” Then just this week, I realized that maybe fear is the power behind procrastination…at least for me. Perhaps I dawdle at sending that query, constantly rewriting to make it perfect, because I’m afraid that it will get accepted and I will not be able to follow through with the ideas. Just food for thought. Thanks for your insight.
Cheers!!! I just wrote a draft about being your own knight in shining armor so we are on the same bad-ass page. Here’s to 2012!