| I was hanging on by my fingernails against the | | | | At times, the difficulty lies in knowing the |
| face of a 670 foot high glacier-polished rock, 600 | | | | difference. Physically, both choices feel the same: |
| feet up, one more pitch to the top, when I | | | | Uncomfortable. |
| suddenly had a thought, "What the heck am I | | | | When is fear a warning to the wise? And when is |
| doing up here? I'm a mommy!" | | | | it in the way of what I want? I have come up |
| The wind was whipping through my windbreaker | | | | with some questions to ask myself when I am |
| with such force, I thought I might blow away. I | | | | feeling fear and needing clarity about what to do. |
| looked for a place to hold on. No luck. I looked | | | | * Have I done my due diligence? Have I checked |
| back over the route I had just climbed. Bad idea. | | | | it out? Do I even know what I am getting into? |
| Who were those ant-sized people at the bottom | | | | * What is motivating me to consider this path? Is |
| anyway? I looked up. There was a vertical wall of | | | | it Fear? Greed? Or is it Love? Service? |
| smooth rock for about another 60 feet, the | | | | * Which option allows me to continue avoiding |
| tricky move at the end, and then, I could be once | | | | what I really need to do while pretending I am |
| again standing comfortably on horizontal ground. | | | | "working at it"? (Word to the wise: Pick the other |
| I started to go up. Woah! A shot of fear went | | | | one.) |
| through me. I looked back down. Yikes! That was | | | | * Will this choice bring me closer to or further |
| scary too! My calves were aching from staying in | | | | away from my Divine Path, life purpose, or |
| one position so long, and I knew a muscle cramp | | | | company mission? |
| was imminent. I had to make a move. | | | | * Which choice will lead to freedom? |
| This is what I call reaching a critical choice point. | | | | Actually, the last question is the main one you |
| Do I go up? Do I go back? | | | | really need to ask, because it holds within it all |
| Before I resolve this cliffhanger (pardon the pun), | | | | other answers. Freedom is the result of feeling |
| let's consider how this might apply to other | | | | the fear and doing it anyway. True. It is also the |
| choices in life, such as business decisions. | | | | result of making sure you're using good climbing |
| How do I deal with fear when growing my | | | | ropes that are properly tied, and you are with at |
| business? Sometimes fear is informative. | | | | least one person who really knows what they are |
| Sometimes, fear is triggered by an intuition that I | | | | doing. |
| am considering a choice that will not support my | | | | I chose to go up. I made it to the top of the |
| aims. Okay great. Very useful. On the other hand, | | | | mountain that day. And every day in my |
| sometimes fear is set off at the thought of | | | | business, I get to choose again and again. I get to |
| trying something new, doing something a new | | | | choose freedom. |
| way, or sharing more of who I am with others. | | | | |