Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

168 BRIANNA WIEST
When you begin this work, you find your inner strength.
You realize that you have power and influence and you can
strategize and redirect your life. You realize that instead of
what you can’t control, your life can be built on what you do.
When you heal, you become stronger where you’ve been
broken. You become grounded where you’ve been egotistical.
You become responsible where you’ve been neglectful.
You become more sensitive and able and conscious. You
become more considerate, you are more empathetic, you
are more mindful, more careful.
But what you don’t need to be more of is afraid.
Fear is not going to protect you. Action is. Worrying is
not going to protect you. Preparing is. Overthinking is not
going to protect you. Understanding is.
When we hold onto fear and pain after something traumatic
has passed, we do it as a sort of safety net. We falsely
believe that if we constantly remind ourselves of all the
terrible things that we didn’t see coming, we can avoid
them. Not only does this not work, but it also makes you
less efficient at responding to them if they do.
Because most of the time, you’re so busy worrying about
monsters in the closet, you forget to address the actual things
that will erode you over time: your health, your relationships,
your long-term vision, your finances, your thoughts.