Question:
Fear of failure: I have started - and failed - at so many businesses in the past.....mainly from picking partners who have taken advantage of me and my hard work ethic and my passion. So now I feel paralyzed to start something new. I feel the loss of passion for starting something new. How can I get this back? I used to be so passionate about my creative projects!
Response:
Hmm.....interesting. You say that when you had your passion in the old days, you chose bad partners and failed. And yet, you want that passion back again...(!?) This is how the human mind works. The human mind generally thinks in terms of the past (get something back) or the future. The mind does not know how to be fully present in the present.
Instead of hoping and wishing to have something from the past back again, simply breathe, relax and discover where you are right now. It is your yearning for a memory (your "passion" is only a memory).....which is the trouble to begin with. When you are busy telling God what should be (I should feel my old passion).....you are just busy getting in the way of God's plan for you. You are busy telling God what you need.
The angels kindly suggest that you get out of the way. Admit to yourself that you do not really want your "old" passion back. Why? Because it did not work for you! So of course you are afraid. Repeating old ways of failure simply leads to new ways of failure.
Be humble. Tell God you do not know what you need. Let go of trying to get back a memory of passion. Stop thinking that you need a memory of passion restored to you so that you can feel vital and alive. Can you see that you are simply attached to a memory of the way you think you used to be?
Stop limiting yourself with a memory. Stop telling yourself that you can move forward only with this "passion." If you believe this, it becomes true for you. Stop making it true for you.
The angels say that it is possible to move forward with peace and relaxation. What is holding you back is only an idea in your head....an idea that you must have this (remembered) passion to move forward. Forget this. Passion blinded you and got in the way of your success in the past. Throw your idea of passion out the window. Allow it be replaced with true passion. You do not have to know what this passion looks or feels like. It will be new. It will be true. It will be peace. It will guide you.
Fear of failure: I have started - and failed - at so many businesses in the past.....mainly from picking partners who have taken advantage of me and my hard work ethic and my passion. So now I feel paralyzed to start something new. I feel the loss of passion for starting something new. How can I get this back? I used to be so passionate about my creative projects!
Response:
Hmm.....interesting. You say that when you had your passion in the old days, you chose bad partners and failed. And yet, you want that passion back again...(!?) This is how the human mind works. The human mind generally thinks in terms of the past (get something back) or the future. The mind does not know how to be fully present in the present.
Instead of hoping and wishing to have something from the past back again, simply breathe, relax and discover where you are right now. It is your yearning for a memory (your "passion" is only a memory).....which is the trouble to begin with. When you are busy telling God what should be (I should feel my old passion).....you are just busy getting in the way of God's plan for you. You are busy telling God what you need.
The angels kindly suggest that you get out of the way. Admit to yourself that you do not really want your "old" passion back. Why? Because it did not work for you! So of course you are afraid. Repeating old ways of failure simply leads to new ways of failure.
Be humble. Tell God you do not know what you need. Let go of trying to get back a memory of passion. Stop thinking that you need a memory of passion restored to you so that you can feel vital and alive. Can you see that you are simply attached to a memory of the way you think you used to be?
Stop limiting yourself with a memory. Stop telling yourself that you can move forward only with this "passion." If you believe this, it becomes true for you. Stop making it true for you.
The angels say that it is possible to move forward with peace and relaxation. What is holding you back is only an idea in your head....an idea that you must have this (remembered) passion to move forward. Forget this. Passion blinded you and got in the way of your success in the past. Throw your idea of passion out the window. Allow it be replaced with true passion. You do not have to know what this passion looks or feels like. It will be new. It will be true. It will be peace. It will guide you.
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