“Fear is a gross misuse of the imagination.”

That's what my brilliant counselor and mentor often says to me. I agree. In fact, in discussing what moves people toward and away from health, what causes dis-ease (read unease) and dysfunction, I wrote a lot about fear and how its ability to consume someone can manifest as physical symptoms in the body and dysfunction in a couple or family system.

I try to remember this saying about fear when I’m faced with anxiety, imaging what could happen. When I think about what could happen, usually my mind goes to a negative place. Why not change the way the same words are used?

Yes, anything can happen, that includes things that are beyond comprehension, which are positive--things beyond your wildest dreams.

It would be good for me to reread the Power of Intention or Ask and It is Given. Both books speak of what is possible if you focus on the abundance that surrounds you. Sometimes, I think we are given exactly what we expect; we are given what we ask for.

If we as individuals have the ability to manifest our intentions, then fear is a gross misuse of the imagination.