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Barney was a LARGE black and white cat. He was not fat just big boned. For being as big as he was you would think that he would not be afraid of anything. That was almost true but he did have one big fear: snakes.

Barney would freak out with any long thin item. There could be a shoe lace still attached to the shoe and he would take a wide birth around it. Paul could have a tie lying on the bed and Barney would jump up on the bed then turn inside out getting back off the bed when he saw that tie lying there. Barney did not care for playing with strings or yarn like most cats. He hated electrical cords. Anything that was long and narrow would send him into a panic.

During this time we had some rental property. One of our tenants moved out and left half of their stuff behind. Paul and I went in to clean it up and put their belongings in our cattle trailer until they could come get them. One of the items they left behind was their pet Boa Constrictor. So we had to bring the snake and its large aquarium home with us. We were living in a small mobile home at the time and had little room for this large item so we set it on the floor in the living room in front of the book shelves.

Have you heard of the term ‘your worst fears realized’? This was Barney’s worst fears realized. He could not believe we had brought a snake into the house! He would walk as far around it as possible. The other cats pretty much ignored the snake, even lying next to the aquarium.

We had that snake for two months. The tenants never did come and get their stuff and we had to sell everything. The snake was the hardest to get rid of.

This whole episode is very typical of life, where we do tend to attract our worst fears just as Job did in the Bible and Barney did with the snake. We attract our fear because we put a lot of energy toward that fear and so it materializes, this is the ‘law of attraction’ at work. What is your main fear? Do you want to avoid it? The use of EFT can be beneficial in removing the emotional hooks that keep that fear in your mind. Set up an appointment with me at www.naturallyresilient.com and start living a fear free life.