#youAreNotYourFears #freedom #thoughts #Feelings #mindfulness #meditation #zenwords #benjaminHardy The first step in living a life of freedom is to realize that you are not your fears. You experience your fears. Similarly, you are not your thoughts. You are aware of your thoughts. You are not even your body. Rather, you are the being inside experiencing and operating your body. You are the subject — your thoughts, feelings, and physical experiences are objects. Herein lies why most people build their lives around their fears. They have over-attached themselves to a particular self-concept. They’ve created a box around themselves , “personality” to define who they are and how they act. The truth is much more simple: you are the one who experiences your thoughts, feelings, and physical senses. — Benjamin Hardy