What to do when you see the fear? Do you hide under the covers of life, shivering as you anxiously awaits the time for or do you stand with a confident smile and embrace it? Your answer to this simple question will have a significant impact on the level of freedom, excitement and empowerment of the experience on a daily basis. Whatever your answer, the thing to remember is that your fears are nothing to fear! What is fear? The Oxford dictionary defines fear as "an unpleasant emotion caused by expectation of pain." The thing to note here is that the emotion of fear is caused by the "expectation" of pain rather than actual experience "of pain. There is no requirement that our fears are based on any form of rational thought or goal. In fact, it is quite possible that the fears that exist in our lives are based solely on the expected scenarios may never actually transpire. The problem is, however, we live and act as if these situations occur repeatedly in our lives. False Evidence Appearing Real. One of my favorite definitions of fear is "False Evidence Appearing Real." In modern society today are conditioned to be afraid of almost everything. We fear failure, but also the fear of success.

We are afraid of being alone, however, afraid of being truly loved. We fear that restrictions on our freedom to speak, but we are afraid to talk. You are not alone. I think one of the important things to consider about fear is that you are not alone.