Last week, I had a 10:30 a.m. flight from Boston
to Tucson.  I started out a couple of minutes
late, no worries, that's normal for me.  I ran
into traffic about halfway there.  My first
twinge of worry and fear hit. Soon traffic is
crawling and I'm really worried.  I'm thinking:
I'll miss my flight, Why didn't I leave earlier,
I'll never catch the connecting flight, all sorts
of negative thoughts are just zipping through my
mind.  The more upset I got the slower the
traffic moved.  Finally, my son, who was driving
me to the airport, said "hey mom, you didn't even
laugh at that last joke" in truth, I hadn't even
heard him speak.  It was then that I realized how
completely consumed I was with the worry and the
more worried I got slower we moved.  I quickly
shifted gears, visualizing clear roads, a quick
check-in and easy security check (a small miracle
at Logan) traffic started to move.  I arrived at
the airport at 9:40 a.m. a mere 50 minutes before
my flight. Although there was a line at the
skycap I approached the check in counter indoors
to find I was the only one in line. When I looked
at the security checkpoint the line was long yet
as I approached another line was opened and I got
through security in less than 15 minutes. I
arrived at the on gate with time to stop for
coffee and a muffin.
 
There are two emotions fear and love. There are
varying shades of each but when you boil it down
there really are only two.  The emotions based in
fear are draining and limiting.  Sometimes, they
can be quite insidious. Worry and doubt can
easily slip into every day life. When you worry
what you're doing is protecting fear into the
future. The tool that I use to quickly shift my
energy from fear-based to love-based was to
imagine myself as a small child, boarding a plane
to go on some wildly fun vacation and without a
care in the world.  My focus was on the fun that
I was about to experience.  The beauty was that
it quickly shifted my energy and perception.  Not
just in the moment, but for the rest of the day.
As I looked out over the clouds as the plane flew
away, as I landed in a new city for the first
time and as I met new people who may become
friends and colleagues, there was an air of
playful fun for me, that I completely and
thoroughly enjoyed. Are there areas in your life
that worry and doubt have started to creep in?