Hickory Dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock, the clock struck one the mouse ran down, Hickory Dickory dock.
I REMEMBER LEARNING the above nursery rhyme at primary school and wondered why I had to. It made no sense to me.
Back then, I was in constant fear of the mouse and feared punishment by the teacher or feared being sent to the headmaster if by the end of the week I had not learnt the rhyme. It was at five years old that my roots of fear began to dig in. It felt like being consumed in a tsunami.
On the website www.mymotivational-nlp.com, fear is described as “an unpleasant emotion or thought”. It is the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that something bad is going to happen. The website however warns that “you must be careful not to empower fear since it could adversely influence your actions and decisions.
It is the unfounded fear that is within that is undermining confidence, determining who you are, and jeopardising all real hopes of success”.
Incidentally, I know some adults who are so engulfed in fear that it continues to cause paralysis to professional development. They normally oppose everything and act like bosses. Their overwhelming fear is fear of change. Why should the culture change? Should we embrace outsiders and their decisions?
This type of fear and others which suppress change are very destructive and hazardous to the creative development of any home or organisation. Fearful persons must know that fear can make you sick.
The website www.takingcharge posits that: “Living under constant threat weakens our immune system and can cause cardiovascular damage, gastrointestinal problems such as ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome and decreased fertility. Other consequences of long-term fear include fatigue, clinical depression, accelerated ageing and even premature death. Fear can impair formation of long-term memories and cause damage to certain parts of the brain, such as the hippocampus. To someone in chronic fear, the world looks scary.”
To overcome fear:
1. I drink turmeric and lime tea to detox.
2. I do not allow anyone or situations to intimidate, influence or control me anymore.
3. I welcome challenges and enjoy sensual and passionate experiences.
4. Boiled linseed flavoured with nutmeg balances my body.
5. I embrace change once I understand its purpose.
6. I avoid negative people.
7. Guava, five finger and sugar apple fruit salads are soothing.
8. I employ more observing and less talking.
9. I spend lots of time by myself searching for divine victory.
Finally, if we do not change, change will change us.
• Annette Maynard-Watson, a teacher and herbal educator, may be contacted via silentdoctors@gmail.com or by telephone 250-6450.
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