Only I can make myself afraid.
My kids decisions can’t.
The news can’t.
Finances can’t.
I have to allow them to have that place, which means only I can make myself afraid.
Learning that is important. It empowers me. It means I can avoid living as a victim even if I’ve been victimized.
Learning how fear works is even more important, otherwise I’ll continue to give people and situations power they don’t have.
How I see things (no matter what I see) is one of the 2 factors that decides if my brain creates fear or not.
Any place I feel fear I want to look at how I’m seeing it and question my perspective.