queentswana

What is mines, Is mines alone.

When we think our enemy is gaining on us, we want to run and run. When we believe someone wants what we have, we squeeze the life out of it. When we believe "they" are out to get us, we find "their trap" at every turn. Yet if we would just stop running, squeezing and suspecting, we would understand who "they" really are.
They are the thoughts that beat us down, causing us to behave in unproductive ways. They are the doubts and suspicions we carry within us, and take the life out of the very thing we want. They are the fears that we fall into, showing us the very thing we don't want to see. They are us when we don't have faith because faithlessness is the greatest enemy.
No one can get what is meant for you. The universe will not have it the way it should not be. We have been put on this earth to be a certain way, have a

Fear is a very natural and normal response to the challenges we face in life. Fear tells us there is something we must be cautious about. Fear puts us on alert and tells us there is something we must be prepared for. Fear means something we know nothing about is about to come upon us.
Fear of change, the unknown, rejection, failure and success are like the barking of a ferocious bulldog.
For people of color, the fear of being bitten, again, immobilizes us. A history that has not honored our sense of worth and value supports the fear. The best thing we can do to fear is confront it. We must know the validity of the things we fear. We must believe we can conquer them.
The next time the bulldog of fear is upon you, stare it down, open its mouth and check to see if the thing has teeth.