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Overcoming your fears is a fundamental skill in the quest to improving your life. Fear limits and prevents us from doing things. Sometimes it controls us without us knowing. It can leave us feeling very alone, it can prevent us from having courage and it can make you compromise. |
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An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and asked:
"I understand you're a very wise man. I'd like to know the secret of life."
The old man looked down at the youngster and replied: "I've thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be summed up in four words. The first is 'think'. Think about the values you wish to live your life by. The second is 'believe'. Believe in yourself based on the thinking you've done about the values you're going to live your life by. The third is 'dream'. Dream about the things that can be, based on your belief in yourself and the values you're going to live by. The last is 'dare'. Dare to make your dreams become reality, based on your belief in yourself and your values." And with that, Walter E. Disney said to the little boy, "Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare".
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To live without fear, have access to shelter, to food and drink, to life, to have a family, to freedom of speech, conscience and religious practice.
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Name:
James
Age:
36
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James also asked who and why am I? He is single, 36, and was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
"Sometimes the image other people have of us can be false, and we can feel misunderstood, confused and alone. But these images they have, whether they are of the most beautiful talented person in the world, or the ugliest and least gifted, don’t define who we are. Our identity comes from somewhere else."
Read more of James' story |
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| This is a website of the Catholic Enquiry Office; part of an Agency of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales. |
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You will feel more at peace if you can let go of the attachments you may have to the painful past and the fearful future and learn to live in the present.
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Guilt is a destructive burden. Acknowledge the cause of the guilt and how you feel about it, deal with the need it highlights – but then move on positively.
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Regardless of what another person's behaviour might be, we can always choose to behave differently. We can chose to reflect positively or negatively. We can choose to lower ourselves or raise ourselves.
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Imagine 'their' perspective comes from a position of love and not hate.
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To
lose weight, overcome an addiction or achieve
success in life depends on the focus you have.
If you can focus on a target you'll reach it –
the path there, you can’t always define,
but if you are unwavering you'll succeed eventually!
Set your sights positively on your goal and stay
focussed.
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It can take time to get into a 'pickle' so it may take time to get out of one!
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Faith in yourself is fundamental if you are looking for changes. Work out what and who makes sense in your life and have faith in them and it. |
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Have Faith in Your Self, Faith in your value, Faith in your right to free will, Faith that someone greater than this world loves you and has a special plan for you. |
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Nathaniel was yet to make his first convert
© Chris Morgan www.ncls.org.au
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Try to put yourself in someone else's shoes and see the view from their perspective. As a Catholic I try to use the guidelines I've been given by God to make a difference in my life. They give me a huge sense of freedom. It's one that I didn't always have. My faith gives me new eyes, if you like, and I often find that I see the reverse of what other people see.
Through becoming a Catholic, I've been freed from so much guilt, fear and self doubt. You see, I've learnt, that I can't live life on my own. I can come so far with positive thoughts and thinking, but then someone else has to step in. |
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