Fearless Painting
I participated in an awesome art class this past weekend aptly named: Fearless Painting. For two full days, nine courageous women came together for a little soul-searching and a lot of brush stroking. It was something that I’ve wanted to do for quite some time now and, until now, have always managed to find an excuse not to go.

Fear of Starting
“If you love being creative so much, why the hesitation?” a friend asked. Well, it’s because I’ve been afraid…afraid of putting myself out there for all to see, afraid of picking up a brush and wrecking a perfectly good canvas, and afraid to be found out that, ya know, I’m essentially starting over from square one.

Deep Fear Freeze
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been a little absent around here. As soon as I changed my blog style from a random, spiritual bent to more of a lifestyle one, I’ve been practically frozen. The decorating projects, the art projects, the dreams have all come to a halt. And the halt is based on that ugly four-letter word: FEAR.

Why must it all come back to this? Well, according to just about every self-help guru out there, we’re all addicted to fear; and, the only way to break out of fear addiction and/or overcome your fear is to consciously throw yourself into fearful situations.

Fear Less
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not telling you to go jump out of a perfectly good plane at 14,000 feet; although, putting your creative self out there can have the same affect. Rather, jump out of your comfort zone over, say, a weekend. You just might find, as I did, that you fear far less when you’re busy being fearless.