Eat FEAR for Lunch

I'm at work on my second book. Editing it, so I can get it to an editor. I've got 173 eight by eleven pages. I've got loads to say about breakups, so it's dense. Even though I planned to edit today, yesterday I wrote "Edit my Book" on my calendar because I know the power of writing down my intentions, dreams, goals, and objectives.

I'm writing this brief blog to encourage somebody, maybe you, to get 'er done! See, I'm an expert on fear. Yes, I've accomplished a few things but I did all of them afraid. At least when I started I was scared. Fear is clever, he comes disguised as doubt, procrastination, excuses, illness, chaos, drama, emergencies, piddling about the house, talking on the phone, Youtube overdoses, Facebook overload, TV gazing, sleeping, drinking and drugging, attempts at saving family and friends from their dramas and traumas, busy "work," even attending yet another conference, workshop, or seminar that you never apply. FEAR! False Evidence Appearing Real can feel very real, but it's just a phantom. Trust me on this. As soon as you stop and stare FEAR in the face, it runs and hides.

Okay, let's wrap this up. What's scaring you right now? Whatever it is, you're bigger and badder than it is. But you've got to first stop running from it. See, what you resist persists. Make that call. Send that email. Open that book. Start that paper. Open that letter. Write another sentence in that book. Follow through on that brilliant idea. Get up. Slow down. Sit down. Do whatever it takes to GET 'ER DONE! It's okay to be uncomfortable. So what you don't know how to begin. Begin anyway. So what you don't know what you're doing. Neither do the rest of us. HaaHaaHaa. Make it up, like I'm doing as I write this blog. That's what ALL successful people do, make that ish up as they go along! My friend and life coach extraordinaire, Angel Richardson, said Iyanla Vanzant says "make the commitment and the how comes." So there you have it!

Smooches!

DeBora M. Ricks

Author of Love Addicted: One Woman's Spiritual Journey Through Emotional Dependency

Keep your eyes peeled for my upcoming seminars: How to Write a Book that Sells and The Secret to Being a Juicy, Succulent, Successful Woman. Details will be posted on my Facebook page and at my website, www.DeBoraricks.com