I'm writing because I gained insight from a somewhat strange source that helped me to more fully process a concept as a newbie. I want to give back and hope it can help others who are just getting started like me.

I'm really not covering anything new here but it's coming from a different angle so it may have value for some of you.

I watched this movie called After Earth last night. Shit movie overall, but my subconscious found truth in certain themes in the film.

One of the main characters is a guy who is the only one able to fight aliens genetically designed to hunt and kill humans by smelling their "fear" pheromones because he was able to master himself and his reactions to his environment to such an extent that he doesn't release those pheromones. He's literally invisible to the aliens.

The part that made me think, is when he describes how he does this. He basically describes his frame:

"Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice."

The application to MRP is obvious.

When I fear arguing with my wife because I want to avoid that conflict and so I modify my behavior to avoid even the possibility of that conflict, that entire scenario never actually happened. It was all in my head and I let my fear control me.

Fear of rejection is never worse than the eventual regret of the missed opportunity. Even at my young age of 30, I can look back and see all the times in my life where I regret having not stepped up to a challenge, not talked to a girl or even a guy, not stood my ground in a confrontation. All the places where I let the fear in my head lead my life instead of living it authentically the way I really wanted to.

How many other areas of my life are being limited or controlled by my own frame (or complete lack thereof?)

All of them. Every single area of my life is being controlled only by my own thoughts.

This can be either good or bad.

When we have frame and we actively grab the reins of our own destiny, when we embrace Abundance and truly believe our possibilities are limitless, we set ourselves free to create the life we want. Obstacles, rejection, and setbacks become welcome additions to an otherwise boring path. It's all in our perception.

When we allow our hamster to run wild and dictate to us what can and cannot be, we stifle our innate ability to create. We wallow in fear and regret, instead of simply feeling what we feel and then mastering our responses to those feelings.

We hold ourselves back out of fear and fear alone.

There is no other logical reason but fear to not ask for that raise or promotion when you know you've put in the work, to not game and initiate with your wife even if it's been years since you last had sex, to not start that business you've had an idea and passion for, etc etc etc.

We are the masters of our lives, and Fear Is A Choice.