Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic

Author:Nick Vujicic
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780307589750
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published: 2010-10-25T23:00:00+00:00

NO ARMS, NO LEGS, NO FEAR

You may have a strong sense of purpose, great hope for the possibilities in your life, faith in your future, an appreciation for your own value, and even a great attitude, but fear can hold you back from achieving your dreams. There are many handicaps worse than having no arms and no legs—fear can be especially debilitating. You cannot live a fulfilling life that fully expresses your blessings if fear controls your every decision.

Fear will hold you back and keep you from being who you want to be. But fear is just a mood, a feeling—it’s not real! How often have you feared something—a trip to the dentist, a job interview, an operation, or a test in school—only to discover that the actual experience was not nearly as bad as you had imagined?

I thought I would get creamed in my first-grade fight with Chucky-boy, but look how that turned out! All too often adults revert back to childish fears. They go back to acting like kids frightened at night because they imagine that the tree limb scraping the bedroom window is actually a monster trying to eat them up.

I’ve seen fear absolutely paralyze otherwise normal people. I’m not referring to scary movie fears or childhood fears of bumps in the night. So many people are handicapped by fear of failure, fear of making mistakes, fear of making a commitment, even fear of success. It’s inevitable that fears will come knocking on your door. You don’t have to let them in. You send them on their way, and then go on yours. You have that choice.

Psychologists say most fears are learned. We are born with only two instinctive fears: fear of loud noises and fear of being dropped. I had a fear of being mauled by Chucky back in the first grade, but I got over it. I decided that I wasn’t going to wait until I felt brave—I just acted brave, and in the end I was brave!

Even as adults we create fearful fantasies that simply don’t match up to reality. This explains why fear is often described as “False Evidence Appearing Real.” We become so focused on our fears that they become real to us—and as a result, we let them control us.

It’s hard to imagine someone as big and successful as Michael Jordan being afraid. Yet during his induction into the NBA Hall of Fame, Jordan talked openly about how he often used his fears to drive himself to be a better athlete. At the conclusion of his speech, he said, “One day you might look up and see me playing the game at fifty. Oh, don’t laugh, don’t laugh. Never say never. Because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

Jordan may have been a better basketball player than life coach, but he had a point. Follow the Jordan rules; recognize that fears are not real and soar past them, or put them to use. The key to dealing with your worst

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