A thought for today…..something a bit more uplifting!
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Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create….. Believe in yourself.
Absolutely right! Go for it, like what Fruitcake does.
Fruitcake is brilliant…as is Neptune lady…she has coped with a long illness of her husband.
Being positive is really important.
There comes a day when you realise that the fear never really goes away, that if you really want something, you have to be willing to do it afraid.
And maybe this is the only way you ever get to discover your fullest potential. Maybe you just have to dive right in and face the thing that scares you the most.
Because in the end, it’s not the rejections and so-called failures that will haunt you. It will be your own potential left unexplored.
So maybe you don’t need to wait until you overcome your fears to take the first step forward.
Maybe you just need to know there’s something more important than fear. Something greater. Something worth fighting for.
And maybe overcoming your fears is the least important part of your story anyway.
Maybe what matters is that you’re scared but still determined. Shaky but still standing. Afraid but still willing to try.
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In my own case the ability to face my fears seems to have got a little easier as I have got older and have accepted the fact that I won’t get a second chance at life.
I was filled with fear as I stood on the edge of a boat on holiday last year, watching other members of family gaily snorkeling and being encouraged by them to join them
I have never liked being in the water and have always been afraid of it. I had a lifejacket on and everyone was ready to support me. I thought long & hard, then told myself I couldn’t drown and that I would never have this opportunity again. I knew I would always regret it if I didn’t do it now, then I just jumped!
Yes, I shook like a leaf & felt sick after wards and begged them to help me out, BUT I survived and I had faced my fear, I won’t have to say “I wish I had”
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My big fear is heights…not sure I can get over that one.
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No, sometimes it’s just too hard Marmite. My jump in no way cured me of my fear of water, I just faced that fear on that day and I guess each time you face and conquer any type of fear, however large or small and in whatever circumstance it’s a personal triumph.
We lived close to an outdoor swimming pool with high diving boards….i used to brace myself and walk up to the top board….but never managed to jump…the shame of walking back down the ladder!
it’s stronger than me…the fear…yet I’m ok in planes!
Sorry Marmite, that made me laugh, because I remember when I was young I watched my friend in envy whilst he stood on the edge of the pool and dived in backwards. I never ever managed it.
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The thought of diving in any direction gives me a panic attack!
As for the though for today I really like yours and the photo it came with Twinkle, my mantra exactly.
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Maybe not brave enough to leap off the high board, but very brave to tell us all about it on here. There are different sorts of brave.
I jumped off the top board as a kid. I hurt myself. I wasn’t brave. I was stupid.
I honestly believe that we all have fears…facing them is what makes us human.
I watched a large spider run across the floor this morning…without screaming and jumping up…
i don’t panic at bees ,wasps even hornets now…I used to…maybe I’m growing up.
Am really enjoying this thread as not feeling very positive at the moment. Have never been adventurous or a traveller preferring the known. Am now facing my biggest fear of being alone but hear my husband in my head telling me I will get through this
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Neptune Lady, you will get through it. You are a strong person.
Fruitcake found her self in a similar position some time ago and she has gone from strength to strength.
All of us on here will be there for you. Don’t hesitate to ask.
We all will face losing loved ones at some time…my mantra has always been…it’s how you treat people when they are alive…no guilt…celebrate the years you had together.
Dear Neptune Lady
Try not to be overwhelmed by the ‘bigger picture’ take each day and the challenges it brings as it comes. If you can conquer one of that day’s challenges be pleased with yourself, but don’t be hard on yourself about those that you don’t.
It is very early days for you and your grief, take your time, you will get there but take time out from trying sometimes, do something silly.
When you feel up to it try and get involved in your community, I know that isn’t easy, even here in the UK with English speaking people I found it challenging to start with, I didn’t know anybody, having been confined to the home whilst caring for Mr F. Since we arrived from France but facing that challenge was the very best thing I ever did.
Stay strong, your husband had faith in you, as mine did, just be kind to yourself too.
Thank you all so much for your kind words. At the moment the French system has kicked in and I find myself with rdvs all this week. Enjoy being busy but would like time to breathe. Am probably feeling down because my wonderful neighbours and close friends have returned to their main home this morning and also because the football team from where we lived in UK Is on tv this afternoon. David would have so loved to see them. He had been invited to one of their celebration evenings as over 50 years ago he had saved a penalty from them in the FA cup for the team he played for (unfortunately he could not save the second penalty!) It is memories like that that make me smile
“THE ROSE STILL GROWS BEYOND THE WALL”
Near a shady wall a rose once grew,
Budded and blossomed in God’s free light,
Watered and fed by morning dew,
Shedding its sweetness day and night.
As it grew and blossomed fair and tall,
Slowly rising to loftier height,
It came to a crevice in the wall,
Through which there shone a beam of light.Onward it crept with added strength,
With never a thought of fear or pride,
It followed the light through the crevice’s length,
And unfolded itself on the other side.The light, the dew, the broadening view
Were found the same as they were before;
And it lost itself in beauties new,
Breathing its fragrance more and more.Shall claim of death cause us to grieve,
And make our courage faint or fail?
Nay! Let us faith and hope receive:
The rose still grows beyond the wall.Scattering fragrance far and wide,
Just as it did in days of yore,
Just as it did on the other side,
Just as it will for evermore.by A. L. Frink
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