My Momma in law sent me this as a response to a blog post about fear paralyzing me...
Fear is with us forever, Honey. We come into the world fearing life and leave the world fearing death. It is part and parcel of what makes us human... without vulnerability what would we be? Evil, is my guess.
Guilt, on the other hand, is a learned behavior. Guilt is the end product of shaming... someone taught you guilt and you've learned it really, really well. Shaming is something one person uses to control another person. If a person is shamed enough, they learn that they are unworthy and then the monster lives within and viola... guilt.
You will never be without fear, but all fear is manageable. Sometimes it can be reasoned with, sometimes it can be ignored, sometimes we just need to feel the fear and do it anyway.
Guilt needs to go die in a fire.
You DO enough. You HAVE enough. You ARE enough. And you are LOVED.
Guilt, on the other hand, is a learned behavior. Guilt is the end product of shaming... someone taught you guilt and you've learned it really, really well. Shaming is something one person uses to control another person. If a person is shamed enough, they learn that they are unworthy and then the monster lives within and viola... guilt.
You will never be without fear, but all fear is manageable. Sometimes it can be reasoned with, sometimes it can be ignored, sometimes we just need to feel the fear and do it anyway.
Guilt needs to go die in a fire.
You DO enough. You HAVE enough. You ARE enough. And you are LOVED.