REVEAL Series: Out of Darkness into the Light of Openness

One of my favorite definitions of openness is: Having no protecting or concealing cover*. Talk about vulnerable! How profound is that when you think about its implications on you and your relationships! Stepping out of darkness into the light of openness can be scary. So we avoid it because of fear. Fear can be good because it causes an appropriate fight or flight response in times of danger when you need to act quickly to get to a place of safety. It can also give you an appropriate caution to avoid danger. Fear is not however meant to be a place to dwell in, a mode of operation. Fear can cause you to make irrational and erratic decisions and disconnect you from the world and relationships. I know this because Ive lived it. I have operated my life from a place of fear. I parented from fear, I related to others out of fear. I worked with fear. My fear experience varied. As a parent I was afraid of making the wrong choices, fear my older child would retaliate by running away, fear I would harm them. With relationships I feared rejection among other things. At work I feared I wouldnt succeed. All of this fear made me hold everything in, I was too afraid to bare all and be authentic. I thought others would judge me, and that I wouldnt be able control my image. That led to poor choices. One day I was awakened by the idea that stepping out of the darkness into a place of openness would change my life. It would take a lot of courage yes, but it would empower me to be the powerful woman I was born to be. Join me as I discuss stepping out of darkness into the light of openness *freedictionary.com &nbsp

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