Fear of Preparation

Ah yes, fear - the old enemy of human-kind.

Fear of the Unknown normally.

One of the ways to combat fear of the unknown, is to Prepare.

Proper Preparation is one of the antidotes to fear.

Going on a journey to a place I've never been to before,

using trains that I've never used before,

meeting people I've never met before,

talking about a subject that I haven't spoken about before.

All this could add up to a pretty fear-full experience.

So, I remove the fear, by preparing:

I Google the place I am going, I study the maps and the location.

I book the trains days in advance, thereby minimising all stress and anxiety.

I befriend the people before I get there, so they are not total strangers.

I swat up on my subject before I go, so it flows out of me effortlessly.

Now I can sleep peacefully, knowing I have done everything I can to prepare for the unknown situation.

Fear will not master me. I leave it no room in my life.

I give it no permission over me.

Another way to dispel the fear of the unknown, is to make it known.

Study it, visit it, explore it.

Emotions like anger, grief, loss are often a path we never go down, so we are afraid of those feelings.

The answer is to not run from them, but explore them, feel them, sit with your loss, sit with your grief, express your anger.  Allocate time to do this each day or several times a week.

Never squash things down. Never repress.

Allow yourself to feel, this will banish fear.

When you travel to the end of a path, it no longer holds any mystery and fear.