Fears are for people who have time for it. Success oriented people do not suffer from that curse 🙂

Greetings Midge ~~~
Standing before my ‘Toastmasters’ Club’ after being given an impromptu topic to speak on for at least two minutes and my mind and thoughts go completely blank. Not being able to recall someone’s name when I have not seen them in awhile and I look dumbfounded or lost. Being awakened in the wee hours of the morning to a noise outside of the window, go scurrying to the hallway light switch and its comforting glow. Up goes the switch and the bulb goes ‘pop’ and I am standing there in the dark. A brief telephone call that demands my immediate attention or alarm without giving me any details. Without any prior notice, I receive an email that tells me my job function is being sent overseas and my position with the company will end in three days. Seeing a member of my family or a dear friend burst into tears, lose all their reasons for living and I cannot help them or give them comfort.
I do agree that ‘fear’ itself is a motivator and it can be conquered. It is the things in life I cannot predict or prepare for that scares me. When someone is dire need or in an abusive relationship and they reject my help or concern and I am forced to walk away. Rejection of any kind at one time in my life scared me beyond my wildest dreams. I had to learn a tough lesson, people who want what you have will throw up a wall of rejection. So when I feel a touch of rejection enter my life, I stand firm shake the feeling off of me as if it were raindrops and know that I must being something right. I do not need their approval when I want to acheive another level of success.

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