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Become the Phoenix

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I talked in my last post about being afraid to make choices and changes in our lives. And now I want to talk about an unfortunate side effect of living our lives in fear and stasis. The inevitable moment when the Universe makes the changes for you. If we refuse to change and grow for long enough, you will get a wake up call one day. Maybe more than one. And changes will just happen. You can’t stop them. But is everything lost? Or is it only a new beginning? I was a prime example of a person living life in a bubble of safe choices. Which meant no choices really. I just existed. Life went on, day after day, exactly the same. Same job, same people, same routine, same bitter emptiness. I was miserable in my life. Unfulfilled. I yearned for better and more and different. One would say I spent my entire life dreaming of this potential happiness I could achieve. Maybe one day? I’m not sure when I thought a magic moment would happen, but I just assumed it would.  The stars would align and ...
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What do you fear?

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Everyone is afraid of something. Sometimes it’s spiders or heights or the dark or death. Even the bravest of souls is afraid of something. It’s human nature to fear things that are foreign to us. Things we can’t control or understand are often the most terrifying things of all. Because if you strip away everything else, what we ALL fear is exactly the same really.  We fear the unknown.  Why are we so afraid to die? Because none of us is absolutely sure what comes next. If anything. But we think we might know. But what if we are wrong? So then fear creeps in. The unknown is the part that is scary. Death is quick and easy really. It just happens. We really only fear what happens next, because we don’t know the answer.  Fear is also what makes people afraid of the opposite too. People are also terrified to live. What should I do with my life? What if this choice is wrong? What if this person leaves me? What if I lost my job? What if I never find happiness?  We’ve all ha...
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