FEAR THOUGHTS...
A CROWN OF THORNS
when fear thoughts take hold
there is a spiraling energy downward
that I experience
the sensation of this energy
captivates my attention
as fear thought upon fear thought
seeks to compound
the intensity of the emotion...
a feeling......bordering on panic
overwhelms me as I sink
ever deeper into a dark hole
“where am i?” I ask.
“how did I let this happen?”
S i l e n c e .....
I b r e a t h e .....
and I h e a r...
“you have given yourself
the gift of experience...
feel your creation called fear...
feel it thru and thru
so you can then choose
something different if you wish
in the quiet of this Now moment
you can remember what is real...
look, beloved, to new choices...
new choices made in a quiet moment
where something else is possible...
you have walked many miles
with one foot in heaven
and the other foot in hell...
you have walked the highway called fear
each choice you made for fear
became a thorn
and as you collected these thorns,
you produced a crown
that encircled your head
reinforced by years of habit
blood came forth producing agony...
you have lived the pain of punishment
many times over...
years of tears
from years of fears
this is the legacy you create
each time you choose to live in fear...
until you choose a new way...
a new thought...
a new belief about yourself...
and each time you commit yourself
to this discipline of seeing anew
a thorn from your crown is dissolved
and in its place a flower blooms
symbolizing your movement
back to Heaven.”
anne