You have no power over me.
“Fear grows in darkness; if you think there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light.” – Dorothy Thompson
I have decided to pretend that my fear looks like David Bowie in feathers and a padded codpiece: ridiculous and outdated.
I have decided that whenever he rears his ridiculous head I am going to stand and look at him with big wide eyes like Jennifer Connelly and say, “You have no power over me.” And then I am going to hear the magic music in my head that shows he has been defeated.
I have decided that although this sounds like a completely ridiculous thing for a 35- year-old to do, it is no more ridiculous than some of the fears that I have allowed to run my life and it might just make them go away.
You hear that Bowie? You have no power over me.
Cue music.
xo
Designed by Random
excellent plan. melikesee.
Indeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxpFup8BUeo
~aahh…not a silly plan..whatever works to get you through fear is always a great plan…atleast your trying!i still struggle with it…i was told to rationalize with the thought until you realized that in reality it would probably never happen…just a block we created…best wishes and brightest blessings~
Great plan! You can keep those thoughts in check! Best, cbm
Isn’t it amazing how much we let fear get in the way? Why is everything so scary all the time?
Can I borrow your idea and picture David Bowie too? He is quite creepy, isn’t he? lol!
This made me laugh out loud… first because I loved this movie and had forgotten about it and my huge crush on David Bowie at the time… and second, because I recognized myself in this statement
“I have decided that although this sounds like a completely ridiculous thing for a 35- year-old to do, it is no more ridiculous than some of the fears that I have allowed to run my life…”
I’ve been writing and thinking a lot about that lately too. I realized today my fear is just a friend trying to keep me safe…by surrounding me in a huge cage of rules that I “should” live by in order to be okay and worthy of love. For me, it’s been my desire to feel safe that has given my fear all of its enormous power.