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YOUR PERSONAL CODE OF ETHICS

Once fear has you feeling down, it likes to keep you cowering in a
dark corner. This is the time for you to decide quickly to think good

thoughts; ideas about what could be better can be fleeting and you want
to capture them while they are fresh. This time has a short shelf life be-
fore fear overwhelms you and sends you over the edge.
I developed this code of ethics as a way to meet your irrational fears,
transform them, learn from them, and remember again who we truly
are. It’s meant to be used as a guiding mantra for those times when we
get lost in our feelings. It will help you to confront the fear and the
overwhelming feeling that discourages you from seeing the other side
of the mountain.

Take some time to begin to develop the habit of thinking about
what steps you need to take now to create your future dream. Shed
some light on it and start visioning what it is you truly desire. What
does it look like? How does it feel when you think about it—even if you
can only hold the thought for a few minutes at a time?
You cannot begin this process from a place of fear or desperation.
Take a breath!

The benefits will come from choosing the good fear. You have to
look at the possibilities and ideals that you have in the present time
to get yourself started. You can act your way into feeling better. Fear
does not have to hold you hostage. Sometimes, you “act as if” until it
integrates with you so that you can resonate with it and feel it. Then it

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