Are You Living Fearlessly?

Are you living your life fearlessly? To me fearless is to be bold, brave, courageous, heroic, daring, unafraid, gutsy, strong, willing heart, and made of gold.  Someone that is fearless is beautiful inside and out,  Able to push through any kind of weathered storm that may arise in their life even a shattered heart, a broken spirit, a truly gifted person in every way that is possible with a contagious smile full of laughter.

If fear didn't exist we wouldn't be able to take risks or challenge ourselves in recovery.  So, what risks are you going to take with your recovery?

Our brains are wired the flight or fight mode.  Knowing when to run from any kind of physical danger that can be a potential harm.   We are wired to be fearful of certain things which is normal such as a tornado.  This is normal and everyone is fearful of events such as this.  Having fear over everything is where we all need to change we just causes more anxiety, fear, rummination, and asking the what if question.  This is not being fearless

When I think of fearless I am reminded of Taylor Swift who is a great example of someone who is fearless. 

“To me, “FEARLESS” is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me,FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you’ve been hurt before. FEARLESS is walking into your freshmen year of high school at fifteen. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again… even though every time you’ve tried before, you’ve lost. It’s FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can’t breathe without them. I think it’s FEARLESS to fall for your best friend, even though he’s in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they’ll never stop doing, I think it’sFEARLESS to stop believing them. It’s FEARLESS to say “you’re NOT sorry”, and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is FEARLESS. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS. Letting go is FEARLESS.Then, moving on and being alright…That’s FEARLESS too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That’s why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS.”

~Taylor Swift

Fearless is being in recovery and kicking Ed out of your life for good.  You can be a fearless person and do all the things you want to in life.  Fearless is picking yourself off the ground and starting all over again.  As Taylor Swift says, fearless is having faith that things will some day change...and they will change!