I have created many worst-case scenarios in my mind and majority of them have never materialized. They ranged from simple daily concerns to career and financial security.
We sometimes are 'certain' that disaster will happen, and as the result we will be embarrassed or will be rejected or will be considered a failure. If we have a strong mind and focus on such events out of fear, it may actually happen!
Certain amount of fear is good to motivate us to act. But obsession with being right about our fears and suffering constantly as a result is not beneficial to our well-being.
Over time, I have learned that my mind plays a fear game on me, if unchecked. It is like watching a horror movie, we expect the scariest scenes as part of movie’s entertainment.
I used to worry about downsizing at work even if the odds was 1 in 500. I remember being very concerned about it and wasting lots of energy on all possibilities prior to announcement. Now when such concerns show up, I ask myself what vibration I like to experience now? And what action is in my highest interest today?
Look at your past worst-case fears:
- How did you react to them?
- Did they materialize?
- Do react differently to such issues now? Why?
Copyright .2019 by Shervin Hojat
Content in my retirement that I can weather most upcoming scenarios except my health which will eventually and in my death, I have taken to writing scenarios based on scientific observations and short stories and including them in my novels. They are meant to be both entertaining and educational. But basically, I am optimistic about the future. The way we feel about the future shapes it, like you express. If we want a 1984 scenario we will have it. But I find that personal and public surveillance as proved to be a big help in curbing crime on all fronts. As well as revealing scams and illegal activity that never could be seen before. We certainly lose freedom and individuality, but we gain so much more by sharing information stopping dangerous activity.
Ron