Real Threats, Coaching

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There is no such thing as a real threat.

A threat, by definition is something that hasn’t happened yet.  A threat is an imaginary undesired future event.

Most threats never materialize, and when one does, you are far too busy dealing with the event to be frightened.  You add in the fear to the tale you tell about it later, or your listeners add your real experience to their internal library of undesirable imaginary future events.

We analyze imaginary experiences to feel prepared in the event that something similar to the one imagined ever happens. This rarely works out in practice, because the actual event you manifest is not identical to the response being rehearsed.  So the only “real” value to preparing for threat-response is the small feeling of relief that occurs when one realized that a threat has NOT materialized.

How much time do you spend analyzing and rehearsing imaginary joyful experiences?  Is the relief you get from unrealized threat worth all the lost chances to imagine joy?

This has been a 10-second Seminar by Wolf Halton 5-26-08