NO FEAR, NO SURPRISE, NO DOUBT

Where does this come from? It's from a seventeenth century samurai warrior. This was his four point key to successful living and swordmanship...

NO FEAR

There should be nothing in this life that you are afraid of. If there is, you might need to do some work on overcoming that fear. Here i have to confess to a certain fear of heights. I avoid high places if i can. Recently, owing tonleaky gutters, i had to crawl out on our roof, threeloors up with a very long drop on one side. I gritted my teeth and kept repeating, 'No fear' !!!, Untill the job was done. Oh yes, and of course i didn't look down. Whatevere you fear, face it head on and defeat it..

NO SURPRISE

Life seems to ne full of them doesn't it? You're going along swimmingly and suddenly something huge rears up ahead of you. But if you look carefully, there were clues all along the way that it ws goinh to happen. No surprise there then. Whatever your situation nw, it is goinh to change. No surprises there. So why does life seem to surprise us then? Because we are asleep half the time. Wake up and nothinh can sneak up on you.

NO DOUBT

Once you have made your mind up about something, don't go over it again and again. Stop thinking and enjoy - relax and let go. Stop worrying. Tomorrow will come along as certainly as it can. There is no doubt about life. It just is. Be confident. Be committed. Be sure of yourself. Once you have follow it through. Have no doubt it was the right thing to do and no doubt that you will succeed. Get on with it and trust your judgement completely.