You have fears.  Right? 

If you don’t think you do, you haven’t been
paying attention.  All God’s children get
scared, feel vulnerable. 

You can however, convert your fears, your
vulnerability to joy.

No, it’s not three martinis in rapid succession.
 That is converting fear to numbness.  Clearly,
it’s not the same as joy. 

I have a simple, playful strategy for converting
your fears into joy.  I have modified this goodie
from Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection:
Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and
Embrace Who You Are.

Here Are the Bones

Speak this aloud if it won’t wake someone up.

I’m scared.  That’s OK.  I’m so grateful for
______________________!

Do you see?  You speak the truth – “I’m
scared.”  Then you make a declaration –
“That’s OK.”  Can you feel how powerful that
is?

We live in a world where it’s not OK to feel
scared.  Or show it.  Have you noticed?  That’s
why the three martinis gets a mention.  People
numb.

It’s OK to numb.  You risk addictions when you
numb. Numbing behaviors just don’t work as well
as this method. 

Why Gratitude?

Lastly, I ask you to look for something you’re
grateful for right now.  In this moment.  And not
only grateful but SO GRATEFUL.  Right?

Why?

Because practicing gratitude leads to joy.  It is
the only way to get there.  You may think it’s
the other way around – I’m grateful because I
have joy, but no. 

And gratitude needs to be practiced.  This is a
fun and creative way to practice.

Now Play with It

You can play with the wording to fit your moment
in time.  Ask yourself what you’re feeling and
then plug it into the sentence.  Presto! Change-O.
 You’re grateful and you’re on your way to
joy.

Examples:

I feel scared…

I feel vulnerable…

I’m vulnerable…

I feel sad…

I’m worried…

I’m hurt…

I’m pissed…

You can also play with the “That’s OK” part.
 

Try: I’m OK.  I’m still OK.

Or try: Placing an “even” at the beginning.

Even though I’m feeling scared…

And this morning I said, “Even though I’m
feeling crazy.  That’s OK.  I’m so grateful
for our new kitchen design.” 

You notice this doesn’t have to be a grandiose
thing I’m grateful for.  In fact, I think it’s
the ordinary things that carry the most weight.

My Gathering Deep Wealth Program reveals this
secret in spades. 

Admittedly this strategy won’t necessarily put
you into the stratosphere of joy, but it will
reboot your soul.

It will turn you around and get you moving in the
right direction.  Without the reboot you’ll just
stay in the hell of worry.

Let me know in the comments below how you do with
these sentences and what creative ways you use
them.