Epiphanies Unbound
A friend was telling me a story about how she had gained her self-confidence. It happened at a conference she goes to where there are a lot of celebrities and one day, she had taken a photo with one, and when she saw the photo she had this realization that the celebrity should have been happy to take the photo with HER, not the opposite. And she realized that she had been selling herself short and had given into this artificial world that grants status or beauty to others so cavalierly.
Similarly, last night it occurred to me what I have feared most is that the future will look like the past, quite the opposite of what you would think would invoke fear. Generally, fear issues out of uncertainty or the great unknown, but actually what is waiting for us could be fabulous, miraculous, boundless. Better, best, and even better.
As a source told me the other day, “We are going to reorganize the company. Whatever we do it will be different from what we have done before.” Yeah! Go for it.
I’ve seen companies holding onto their past objectives, relationships holding onto their past dynamics, friendships holding onto their past meaning, people holding onto their past identity – I’ve witnessed it up close and personal – and everyone is afraid to let go of who or what they were to accept who or what they are. Fear of letting go of the familiar, is truly fear that the familiar is all there is.