Fear is a prison; it’s no one’s friend. It often comes packaged in pill form; take two a day and stay the same for the rest of our life. Fear is frequently rooted in our childhood realities that later create the logic and reason that we are bound to as adults. We buy into the beliefs that were scoured into our fragile young minds, negative mindsets about who we are and what we can accomplish. We become bound by the limitations of their substance and suppressed by their disempowerment. We soon discover that we have become slaves and fear is our master. We play the role of the powerless servant protecting ourselves from the consequences of freedom.
Even powerful people deal with fear. But for them, fear is an enemy. They use their passion for life to combat its controlling behavior. The desires of destiny give free rein to faith, hope and love that drive trepidation out of their lives. They take great steps to uproot the lies of adolescence that have been passed down through the generations. This kind of living takes courage; this is not for the weak at heart or the blind. Eliminating fear from our souls requires passion to live in freedom. We will need a safe culture of honor and unconditional love to push through its boundaries.
Mothers and fathers are standing on shores of peace, beckoning us to trust wisdom; they nudge us on like the mother bird does when the chick is ready to fly. Eventually she will push her offspring out of the nest, revealing the truth about fear, it’s a façade, and freedom lies in the free fall. Like the chick, your wings will open and nature will take its course.  You will begin to do something so frightening and foreign but yet so freeing…you will begin to fly.

Jason Vallotton