Fear

MUSTAFA'S SPECIAL MESSAGE

is about

FEAR

“Fear inhabits us all at sometime or another in our lives. We don’t always expect it. It just seems to creep up on us and takes over out lives, sometimes holding us in a vice like grip.

“We become all consumed with it. It over powers us and we are not able to think or deal with life on a rational basis anymore.

“Of course there are different degrees of fear, but be assured it will strike at the heart of every one of us at sometime or another.

“It is how we deal with it that is the problem most of us are facing today, especially in today’s volatile and ever changing climate.

“Situations happen beyond our control throwing us into much disarray and uncertainty and before we know where we are, we are caught in its very clutches and can see no way out of it.

“Until we are able to see beyond the fear and see that what has been thrown into our lives and upset the fine balance is not there to destroy us, but to make us more aware that we as people are vulnerable and do get thrown off course quite easily.

“We need to have a stronger sense of faith that a higher power with our best interests are heart is indeed looking after us.

“By becoming more aware we can then begin to see and feel what it is that is making us feel like this and can we actually do something about it ourselves.

“Where there is impending danger then fear can be a good thing as it makes us aware for our own safety and for us to get out of a potentially dangerous situation before it is too late.

“It makes us move and then the danger area is no longer a threat to us. By remaining there puts us only in further danger and at what costs to our being, so this is a good fear – a fear of fright and flight where we need to get out of a situation before it blows up in our face.

“The other fear is where it tends to be self inflicted. Where we can’t always see a way out of a situation and that will cause us alarm or fear. We are not privy always to the outcome and therefore that kind of fear can be very destructive to us personally.

“By beginning to see that fear can be disruptive and it does not allow us to see and function rationally, puts a wall of negativity around us and then with anger we tend to lash out and this is very damaging indeed.

“When understanding is given about certain situations and a better command of what is going on no matter how bad, then fear is resolved and we are able to cope even though the situation is not always good.

“It is about education of the public. Where there are different races who try to live and work together and communication is lost and situations arise, then fear or uncertainty of the outcome is presented and that is always harmful.

“Sudden fear in childhood will stay with us until adulthood and can be very devastating indeed. Until we learn to overpower those fears it can stay with us for a very long time.

“All fear at one point or another is irrational, but nevertheless very real when it happens.

“To overcome these many fears, we must first think why is this happening to me and can I change the situation that I find myself in to change this feeling?

“If you are able to get the necessary help then fear with understanding is gone.

“If a situation comes out of the blue and you become frighten and you are not able to deal with it under your own steam, then faith in a higher power beyond you will then guide you out of that situation and the better thing happens.

“It is trust in ‘God’ to make matters right for you and to steer you on that can be difficult.

“None of us like change. We all prefer to remain in the status quo which is familiar and comfortable to us, like old slippers they are an old friend and cannot harm us.

“Sometime we just need to trust and see the results change for us and then we laughingly say what on earth was I afraid of?

“I’m much better off now and that situation was never right for me for along time, because I was fearful I was not able to move on.

“Our mission in life is to go through the many trials and tribulations that come to us, are sometimes thrown to us to see just how we cope. One thing is for sure we all survive and nothing is left to chance.

“God bless, Mustafa.”