Whatever happened to clowns? They used to be the purveyor of children’s joy and now people fear them. They were such an innocent thing that turned into a nightmare. It was the movies and stories that changed our perception of the clown. We let the outside forces of fake and real stories change how we look at clowns. Yet as we look at our lives, we have done the same things. We have taken what was safe and turned it into fear. We let outside forces change our thought processes to one of innocent to fear. We fear the outside world, we fear the unknown, we fear relationships, the list goes on and on. These fear things were something simple until something happened either real or imaginary that shifted our view. We might listen to the bad news being reported, we might have watched horror movies, or we might have had a failed relationship that caused our shift in our reality. What we have to realize that these causes are isolated, and some are not even based in reality. The news generates stories of bad things happening because that creates viewers. The movies tell a story to get patrons to buy tickets. The relationship is just one time where we can learn and grow from it. In either case we build prejudices and biases based on those stories. The fear changes the events from fantasy to reality. This will happen to me, and it will happen again. We changed the innocent into the fear. Trying to protect ourselves from the danger of the what if it happens. We close off the world and alienate from the potential harm. When we do this, we close ourselves off to our journey forward. Not everyone is bad, there is not a man with a chainsaw waiting to kill you and the next relationship might be your perfect imperfect person. The clown turns from the child’s playmate to the knife wielding murderer. We let the stories change the perception. We hide away or run away from the perceived threat. Life is not hiding or running, it is living. It is living the moment to the fullest free of the unknown fear. When we can clear our mind of our own warped perceptions, we can live a much more joyous life not filled with fear. We need to bring back the innocent clown free of the stories we have changed because of outside forces. It is not a shift back to innocence child because we learned lessons that are valuable to our journey since then. What we need to do is challenge why we think the way we do, ask where the shift occurred, then what were the events to make them occur, and how do I free my self to go back to a more realistic view. Once we can do all these things, we will not need fear to protect us. Letting the clown be the innocent giver of joy and smiles, not the crazed killer waiting in the dark.
The stories of fear we tell ourselves need to be challenged. When we question walking our dog because we might get attacked or seeing a man kissing their own son is a pedophile. We see these things because of what we hear, not because they are not based on events that ever occurred to us. The news and stories of negative things has penetrated our minds as ever day occurrences. Does bad things happen in the world, yes. Might it happen to you, who knows. But isolating ourselves to the unknown threat holds us in fear and we stop on our journeys to our abundance. Outside forces have changed your perception of the world. Even if it has occurred to you, it lives in the past and you can move on. The fear of the stories must be challenged when we question our life events. If we do not, we begin the isolate ourselves from our own life. If you walk your dog, why would someone attack you or what do you have that the attacker wants? If you judge a parent loving on their kids what does that say about you and your kids. Fear and judgement have no place in our life’s journey to our abundance. Start to challenge your fears so you can see where it is based. Is it in reality or fantasy?
Where did this reality shift from innocent to fear? Was it a movie that touched a nerve? Was it the stories on the news? Did it happen to a friend, or did it happen to you? This shift changed your mindset to alter your perception of the truth. The truth you believe it to be. Maybe you were in a relationship where the person cheated on you? Now you believe everyone will do that to you and your trust of people close to you makes you question everything they do. This event has produced fear that you perceive reality everyone does. It will happen again, and you must protect yourself. But in doing so you push people away because of that fear. Those innocent clowns were made to all be killers. The reality is that it was that person, and the next person is a different person. Putting your perceived fears on the next person will only ruin the relationship before it starts. The cycle is never ending the clown never switches back to the innocent because the fear is too strong. The key is recognizing that life moves forward and the stories of one relationship does not pertain to the next. It is also true of seeing the fear of the possible negative unknown event from not letting us enjoy our lives. You don’t go to the park because of the story you heard on the news. You don’t travel because you heard someone got sick. I am not saying do not take precaution but, don’t let it hold you from experiencing life. Life is about exploration of self and environment not isolation. Fear will isolate you and not fulfill your true journey in life. Free yourself of the fear so you can live a more abundant life.
We fear to protect ourselves from harm. But fear is also what holds us back from experiencing life. If the explores of the older days did not venture into the unknown, they would not have found a more bountiful land. Fear needs to be challenged instead of excepted. If we except every time we are afraid, we will never find our bountiful life. A realistic approach to life instead of one of perception. When we perceive because of stories or passed failures we shift our reality to “this will happen to me”. Will it? The fact is we do not know so, why would we limit ourselves before we even begin. The stories we tell ourselves are powerful but where are they based. Are they based on others or reality? These are the questions we must ask ourselves. Taking our minds story at face value will never let us move forward. If a fear appears for you ask, where are you coming from? It does not have to be reality if we do not choose it to be. The clown does not have to be the killer. Letting go and trust is the main proponents to freeing yourself from fear. Letting go of the stories you tell yourself and trusting the universe that you will be protected. Even if something happens to you, you can say I learned my lesson and repeat, letting go and trusting. This is a cycle that will free you of the negative perceptions you bring to your stories.
Stories of life should not be fear based. It is one of joy and living. When the clown turns evil based on others stories your reality should not change. Challenge you fears of the unknow and the negative stories you tell yourself. The clown does not have to be evil. When you can see where the stories are based and that the reality is you just do not know, you do not have to fill in the blanks. You can let the true journey take place with real events. Life is about living it and not being isolated from fear. The clown is to make you laugh not to slash your throat. Is laughing more joyous than fear? Challenge your fears and live your life free of the outside negative stories. The clown is waiting for you…..to make you smile…..