Just some honesty here… I remember being (literally) laughed at by a best friend when I told him I wanted to be a songwriter and make a record. As a kid, I took that embarrassment and stuffed it down and didn’t tell ANYONE for years (even though I kept writing songs in my journal). I was so Afraid of what people thought about me. (Any other people-pleasers reading this?)

Before he laughed at me, other family members told me it was foolish. A pastor chastised me. I thought, “If the people who know and love me most think it’s a ridiculous dream… then it must be.”

So it was 20+ years later before I released my first song on iTunes. Such a simple thing. So liberating. And so terrifying.

We all struggle with Fear. We all tend to give too much attention to the voices that tell us why things CAN’T be done. Why you’re not good enough, smart enough, talented enough… Some of those voices come from the people closest to us. And some of those voices are like ghosts in our own heads… leftover words spoken into us years and years ago.

In case you need to hear it today, fear is a thief. And once you stop feeding it, it will die.

So if you’re up for a challenge, I’d love for us to share our fears with each other. (YIKES!) What’s something .. one seed of a thing, that’s been put in your heart, that you’ve been afraid to do? Afraid to say out loud? Afraid to try? Is it too big? Too small? Too silly? Too irresponsible? Too grandiose? Trust me, I’ve said it all to myself…

Is there a fear you need to stop feeding? How can we help each other here?

(If you don’t want to share it here, you can join the private Impactivist group where we’re getting into details with this.. )