How an encounter with a spider changed my life

Nothing happens randomly

As long as I can remember, spiders have frightened me. To the point where I could easily put myself in danger, because if such an eight-legged little creature would appear in my car, I’d probably have wound up against a tree somewhere.

I faced my fear head on, took therapy and came a long, long way.

But really.

If a spider appears in my house, or in my car for that matter, I know how to get it back outside, where it can catch all the flies it could possibly desire and we’ll never have to cross paths again.

The fear was still there, but very manageable and I could easily remove a spider from my surroundings, not even breaking a little sweat or have my heart pounding in my chest.

As I am on a journey of self development, shedding old stories and reaching new layers of awareness, a few things came together the last couple of days.

1. I discovered that I still harbored a lot of fear — not just for spiders. My fears were tucked away deep inside of me and would only seep out when squeezed. So as soon as I put a little pressure on myself, to perform or get something done that I’d never done before, as soon as I’d step up and decide to fully own my power, the fear would come up…