Fear Versus Flourish, A Choice to Be Made.

We live in a time of fear. Is this pandemic that grips the world ever going to go away? Yes, history has shown us it will. The Black Death, SARS, the Spanish Flu, the Asian flu, and Hong Kong pandemics all came, ragingly took a toll, and subsided. So will COVID-19. And if and when it does, what will be left in its wake? Devastation in the form of death, lost businesses, lost jobs, memories of events that never occurred, and so much more than we can’t even figure it out yet. The aftermath of each pandemic was loss, resilience, and a rebirth of the world more robust than ever existed before. So, how does fear creep in and take root and drive your flourishing life into the ground? This negative emotion takes root when you don’t fight back with wisdom, precaution, and consistency.

Letting the Negative In

The new adage, “if it bleeds it leads,” is as true now as it ever has been. Our brain scours the news for bad news, so its danger detector, the amygdala, can keep us safe. News agencies know this and make sure that our amygdala is incredibly well fed. When a news provider tried to supply its readers only good news for a day, it lost two-thirds of its readership. So, what pays stays. In this case, bad news. So remember what your media diet is all about and temper it. If you bombard your mind with only negative input, you can easily find your emotions…