"Fear of failure: What am I afraid of? Where does this fear come from? Am I willing to let fear keep me from pursuing my passion? Focusing on all the steps it may take to achieve your final goal can have the effect of fanning the flames of fear. Instead, just take one small step forward in the direction of your passion."
It is so fascinating to me as a True Believer of the Program of Alcoholics Anonymous, as someone who had as unmanageable a life as it's possible to have, to see what are essentially, more or less, the spiritual principles that serve as the bedrock of our lives, spoken so clearly by a people who lived in the jungles of Central America ten centuries ago. Fear! Attacking my problems one small bite at a time . . . or One Day at a Time. Unbelievable how universal spirituality is.
"Practicing awareness takes discipline, a strengthening of our will that allows us to remain in a state of harmony with the world around us."
Or, in A.A. speak, ". . . and to practice these principles in all our affairs."
Practice: To perform or work at repeatedly so as to become proficient; exercising a skill regularly in order to be able to do it better.
I'm also struck by how often the concept of "work" appears. Working the Steps; Working with Others; How it Works; Into Action. It goes on and on.
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