Fear is a Good Thing?

Fear can be a good thing?? Well... I suppose so... maybe!! Fear means we are coming up against something within ourselves. We want to move forward, but fear gets in the way. Some would say fear is a good thing, because if we get fearful, it's a great indicator that what we are contemplating is what we really should be doing! Nothing scares us more than doing what we are called to do... because if we're called to do it... what happens if we fail at it!? And that throws us into fear... of the deepest sort.

I move in and out of fear... a lot! Sometimes I get stuck in it and start to wallow in it... diving into it deeper and deeper, and convincing myself that I have all sorts of valid reasons to be afraid, and that the only real thing is my fear. Of course that's not the case but... in the moment, it does seem vividly real. And worse yet, I see no way out of it... It is all encompassing and I get stuck in it... Or rather, I choose to stay stuck in it... Or I choose to shift out of it... or move through it... or let it go...