Looking back on the year 2010, there was a theme that dominated the world and pervaded the psyche of all of its inhabitants that can be summed up in one word: FEAR.

Fear is an idea that is created in the mind. It has the ability to take over the emotions in a person’s body and become a reality. The recent natural disaster that struck Japan incited fear in many Americans who became fearful of earthquakes, tsunamis, and nuclear poisoning.

In the aftermath of this recent seismic event, Americans began taking iodine pills and stocking up on earthquake rations. The fear was palpable. It led to a run on supplies which made the event quite profitable to those who sold earthquake packages and to the pharmaceutical companies who manufactured iodine pills.

Media ratings soared as they fed us a twenty-four-hour-a-day diet of fear and uncertainty.

The ironic thing is that in order to deliver the news as it was happening, CNN, CNBC and many other twenty-four hour news media outlets sent their people into the nuclear soup to swim around and report back to the fearful American people about the dangers that could befall those of us of living in America who were thousands of miles away from the pot of nuclear soup in Japan.

Fear does not allow a person to think rationally. Fear leads to reactions that can endanger a person rather than protect them. Fear is a product of the mind, which can cause a person to accept misinformation as fact.

By taking control of our own mind we can eliminate fear in all forms.

As we look back on our childhood most of us can remember some of the nursery rhymes that our parents, teachers and others taught us.

Rock-a-by-baby on the tree top, when the wind blow the cradle will rock
When the wind blow the cradle will fall, down come baby cradle and all.

Not very reassuring thoughts for a child who is placed in a cradle.

There are so many of these little negative thoughts that have been passed on from generation to generation. I call these little negative nuggets “Fear Training.”

This brings us back to the topic of Living Without Fear. How does a person live their life without fear? By recognizing that fear starts in the mind, and that each person has the control and the power to make decisions that will overcome fear. 

Every thought and idea starts in the mind. It is essential to develop the ideas that enter the mind in order to eliminate those that are not based on positive principles. By acknowledging the power and strength innate to each person, individuals are are able to build on positive thinking and actions.

By stopping the infiltration of negative information throughout the day and focusing on the positive, people can eliminate fear.

5 Tips For Living Without Fear

  1. Living without fear means living a worry free life style.
  2. Living without fear means not reacting until you have all the facts.
  3. Living without fear means not living with constant tension in your life that can cause illness and even death.
  4. Living without fear can only be accomplished if you make the conscious decision to control your own thoughts and actions.
  5. Living without fear means living by faith, and not by gossip, cable news or lies.

Living without fear will elevate your life from negative thoughts and action to a healthy happy life. Make today be the day that you set yourself free from the fears that were given to you during childhood and throughout your adult years. Make the commitment to live the rest of your life in a positive, healthy and happy life style.

Take control of your own destiny.

LIVE WITHOUT FEAR.