FEAR

I’m grateful for the courage to be vulnerable.

I’ve never been good at expressing hard feelings verbally. Fear always gets me. Fear of hurting someone’s feelings. Fear of making someone upset. Fear of making someone angry. Fear of not being a people pleaser. Fear of not being perfect…even though I know I’m imperfect – imperfectly perfect.

On my drive home yesterday afternoon, I was listening to a podcast with author Anne Lamott. Gosh, I just love her writing and her ideas and thoughts on spirituality. Anyway, she shared an acronym for fear that really resonated with me – Fear Expressed Allows Relief.

There’s something about expressing fear to a trusted soul that relieves your soul. I’m grateful for that feeling of relief. I’m grateful for FEAR – most especially today.