The media tends to focus on the worst aspects of our economic downturn, feeding a climate of fear. In turn, people may not even look for opportunities to make gains. They're afraid to pull the trigger, take a risk, or they’re afraid to do anything at all. There are two choices in life when it comes to facing uncertainty: fear or faith. They're fundamentally the same thing - a product of our imagination.
No one knows what the future holds, but the difference between fear and faith is that fear is imagination undirected. It grows like destructive wildfire, devastating our emotions and oppressing our sense of well-being. Faith is imagination directed. We have the choice to create a vision and move toward it confidently, ready to accept whatever the outcome will be.
Mastering your fear doesn't mean that it never shows up. It just means that you take control of it rather than it takes control of you. So when everyone else is running, you'll be ready to see the possible advantages to what others only see as a bleak situation.
-Tony Robbins
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