Comments on: Comfort During Fearful Times: Fear Reflects How Much You Care

By: Peeling back the layers | Dancing Geek

Peeling back the layers | Dancing Geek — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:11:40 +0000

[...] I wrote a private blog post to the Internet gods (my geek version of prayer?) asking for advice and this post by Jen Louden, Comfort Queen, was sat in my news reader straight after. Thank you, Internet [...]

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:29:09 +0000

@Alex – good luck with your novel first draft get it out in a month adventure. What you said, “am much more sure of it now then I used to be” is so important to pay attention to. You are learning, I am learning, and when we notice that, it’s faith in the making or as Sharon Salzberg defines faith, “Faith is trust in our deepest experience.”

Welcome!

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:27:12 +0000

Hello!

James the Dancing Geek/Shivanut sent me here and I’m glad he did. I’ve been struggling with fear this week around National Novel Writing Month. I’m starting a novel that’s been in my head and outlined for over a year and a half and the idea of starting it terrified me. What if I completely mess up what I wanted to say?

Then this morning, I sat down at the kitchen table and started writing. And got 2000 words out. They need lots of work, but they’re written and the book is started.

This summer I put together an email-based workshop and surprisingly I had no fear about that. I *know* I know what I’m talking about when it comes to Someday Syndrome so there was no fear.

My writing on the other hand? I’m not so sure of it, but am much more sure of it now then I used to be, so when I stop thinking about it and do it, it’s much easier than I’d thought it was going to be.

(Wow, I certainly babbled during my first comment on your blog!)

Cheers,
Alex

By: jane

jane — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:19:24 +0000

I know this isn’t what you mean, by what “form” should your fearfest take, but I don’t have a home computer and I’d like access to the program! Is it possible that at some future date you could put together a CD, as you did with The Inner Organizer? No, I’m not asking you to write a book, I’d just like the audio, something I could listen to for support, and comfort in trying times.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:20:14 +0000

Thanks James – you and me both… I’m so happy to be connected and to tell you WE ARE DOING OUR PURPOSE because we are doing what we are doing… okay, I had some sugar and my Yodisms are coming out all silly – anyway, let us not question our purpose but let us just do our purpose. And now, let me go to sleep.