Using Bad Feelings to Get Closer to Your Dreams

Putting my feelers out into the universe and turning dreams into actions has caused me a lot of great feelings....and then some not-so-great sensations. As for the great, I'm finding there is plenty of opportunity out there for success. As for the not-so...well, upon getting myself involved with a potential gig to build up some experience (while also supporting a good cause), those old familiar feelings of inadequacy, fear, and doubt began to surface.

The good news is, shortly after they began to form their nasty destructive recurring thoughts in my mind, I started to call them into question and see these enemies for what they were -- a defense mechanism and not reality. They didn't go down without a fight, afterall, they did cause me some short-term procrastination until I fully convinced myself they were not real, but only feelings. Surprisingly, the bad feelings actually allowed me a new opportunity to think more upon formulating what it is I really want.

Here's how!

When battling my inner-critic who was busy saying "who are you kidding!", "you're not good enough to take this on", or "what are you thinking?", I was confronted in such a way that I began to visualize further into my dream outcomes. This sort of manifested as a litmus test for the inner-enemies' validity. The more I'd question myself, I'd respond to that thought with happy dream thoughts keeping my ultimate goals in mind. Pretty soon the inner critic became a very quiet voice.

All good things in the end, really. Now I think, who says fear and the inner critic have to be your enemy? They're only your enemy if you listen to them and believe their story. If you can view them as merely just thoughts born out of living your life, you can embrace their presence as a tool to grow further. The trick is to keep pushing with the dream, even if you sort of might believe the deceitful doubting thoughts --- just a smidge. A little faith in this process can take you far. Seeing the doom and gloom of self-doubt is only a sign you're on the forefront of something new, exciting, and juicy!