I'm continuing my personal growth bootcamp efforts to break out of my social anxiety comfort zones. This Wednesday, I'm going out by myself to join a small group of strangers, outdoors, at a Saanich park playground. We are learning to sing songs together. I can join in & keep a safe distance at this singing gathering.

I'm very nervous & am working on easing my pre-event anxieties until Wednesday. I am going solo & don't know any of the other locals attending. I think it will be quite fun, once I get there & immerse myself. I'm forcing myself to get out & do some more new things by myself with some strangers. I don't want to keep limiting myself with my social anxiety. I figure if I keep growing myself into doing new things with people I don't know, it will get easier over time/practice.

I'll report how things go, afterwards.

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Facing My Fears: A Poetry Meditation by Colleen M. Chesbro

Fear is a powerful emotion that arises in response to perceived threats or dangers. It is an instinct that has evolved to protect us from harm. When we encounter something that triggers fear, our bodies prepare us for fight or flight.

Facing My Fears by Colleen M Chesebro offers a poetry meditation on the power of releasing our anxieties – to embrace freedom to live with joy and hope.

Please join me in reciting, Facing My Fears by Colleen M Chesebro

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Facing My Fears

by Colleen M Chesebro

How do I look deeply into the eyes of my fears?

How do I respond to the knowing
when it speaks what I don’t want to hear?

How do I release the anxiety
when the deception is part of me?
Bone-hollow, blood-filled, illusionary.

The shadows of fear follow me,
distractions of the truth—hot lies,
burdensome chains that bind

When I release the fear, I’m reborn,
Like the Phoenix, I spread my wings:
flight bound, homeward I soar,
surrounded in a mantle of light.

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Thank you for joining me in the Poetry Salon,

Rebecca

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