Helpless

Helpless is the biggest human fear. Learn how to identify true helplessness in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038

"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

John uploads these podcasts on a regular basis. So check back often to hear these podcasts heard around the world. Who wants to be the next person to change? 

Make sure to order a copy of John's new book: WISDOM OF THE GRASSHOPPER – 21 Days to Creativity. These mini-meditations take you inside where all your creative resources live. And you'll come out not only refreshed but recommitted to creating your future. 

It's only $16.95 and available at BLURB.COM at the link below. https://www.blurb.com/b/10239673-wisd...

Also, download John's FREE book INTER RUPTION: The Magic Key To Lasting Change. It's available at John's website  https://GrasshopperNotes.com

Transcript

Helpless 

There's no bigger form of fear than feeling helpless. Helplessness neuters options and smothers hope leaving us with just unadulterated fear.

The good news is that helplessness too often has been misidentified.

When we mistakenly adjudge ourselves as being helpless, we give away any personal power we can muster to provide help.

How do we know we have misidentified helplessness? – When we offer a litany of excuses for not acting. Genuine helplessness doesn’t need an excuse.

Another way to know that we have manufactured helplessness is when we’re aware that many others, in very similar circumstances, have successfully acted.

“Acting” and “Action” are the operative words.

Acting helpless is what we do when we know something can be done but we claim we can’t do it. Taking action is the cure for manufactured helplessness.

As the Grasshopper reminded us years ago, “Doing Diffuses Fear.”

It’s only when action is not an option that helplessness is real.

Feeling helpless? Ask yourself this: Have others in the same circumstances successfully acted? If the answer is “yes,” you’re acting helpless if you don’t act.

The antidote for the poison of acting helpless is taking action. You don’t have to climb a mountain in a day. You can take steps that take you to the foothills first and then work your way up.

You can certainly choose not to act in actionable circumstances, but then you can no longer claim you're helpless.

This is more than semantics. Acting helpless gets the same result as genuine helplessness – Fear. Recognize that you have given undue power to the word “helpless” when you misuse it, and that you needlessly suffer.

Feeling helpless? If there is an action you can begin, begin it.

Again, action is the antidote for acting helpless. It removes manufactured fear and presents options to act on.

All the best,

John