I was watching Oprah’s Facebook interview last night on OWN, and, as always, I was thrilled to soak up her wisdom. I actually took notes. She is one of the world’s greatest teachers, and I can’t wait to be a part of her Lifeclass that starts next week.
I took away so many beautiful bits of wisdom for my own life, but I wanted to share one part of the interview with each of you. She asked the following question:
What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?
This is definitely a question that lives close to my heart. I have spent most of my life living in fear and allowing it to control me. It’s been a year now that I have been saying yes to life more and more – even when I am absolutely terrified. I made a conscious choice to push fear out of the driver’s seat and begin allowing my higher self to call the shots.
So how is my life different?
I am here – I am writing.
I am allowing myself to be authentic, raw, and vulnerable.
I am saying yes to new experiences.
I am dreaming bigger.
I am moving into the unknown.
I am willing to change.
I am embracing (at least trying to) faith and uncertainty.
I am letting go and surrendering to something so much bigger than myself.
If you took fear out of your life, how would it be different?
Let’s all spend some time going within and really imagining the possibilities. Because they truly are endless. If you feel comfortable doing so, I would love for you to leave your answer here. ♥
I am simply stunned by this question…or rather the impact of that question as I think of how amazingly wonderful it might be….my life would be vastly different….wow!…I made the question into a “page” for myself, and nestled it into a little seldom viewed spot in my blog (under “other” ) to remind myself to keep thinking about how remarkable that might be. And…thanks for the heads up for the Oprah class…I just signed up for that too.
Hi Kathy – I’m so glad this post inspired you to create your own and sign up for the lifeclass! I can’t wait to hear what comes up for you as you ponder this question. Yay!
Today is the day for me to truly sit with this question and listen wholeheartedly to my inner voice. Thank you, Jodi, for this wisdom.
Alia – I can’t wait to hear what comes up for you after sitting with this question. What came up for me is that I need to just sit down and write my book. I have been doing everything but that lately, and my soul is calling for me to do this. I look forward to hearing your wisdom. You’re such an inspiration to me. ♥ to you.
Thank you. This is a timely article and seems many such as this have been crossing my path lately. I am moving forward towards discovering what is holding me in a box or should I say, someone elses box but a person that I am tied to in martimony and love. If I had no fear (at this point in my life) I would be across the waters in East or West Africa working with an NGO. Doing what I dont’ know. I dont’ have any formal education at the age of 46 but I’ve decided to no be so short sighted and considering some classes that could make me more useful. And educated enough to stay on board and maybe earn my keep. My heart pulls there and I’ve decided to follow it for now and see what opens up and comes my way.
Thank you for this reminder
Catherine,
Wow. Thank you so much for sharing a part of your soul here. I absolutely love that you are listening to your higher self and taking steps toward living your dream life. I feel that you are about to start a wonderful adventure – and I can’t wait for you to come back here and share it with all of us. ♥
Interesting, hadn’t thought I had fears but if I could do things without fear, life would really be different. Things that you really don’t want to do but have to do – are they all based on fear or necessity?
Hi Lisa,
Great question. I feel that our lives are made up of choices. And so when we take a look at our ideal life and compare it to our present life – we can begin to work toward any parts of them that don’t quite match up. Let’s imagine that you had a job that you kept out of necessity. You went every day, but it didn’t feed your soul. It wasn’t your calling. But you felt that you needed to stay in it because it paid the bills, and so it was necessary that you kept it. Could it be possible that you are staying in this job out of fear of taking the leap into a job that you truly wanted? What if you could really soar into your ideal life? I’m sure there are exceptions, but I really think if we can take fear out of the equation and stretch beyond our comfort zone, amazing things start to happen. So glad you’re here!