All it takes is fear...

We are all afraid. Whether it’s as simple as crossing the street or going outside in the dark, we all have something that terrifies us. It can also go beyond being afraid of sharks or bugs. Some of us are mortified of the truth. Others, of not finding any answers. Some fear change and others, that things will always be the same. Losing loved ones and failure, are also fears many can relate to. I know I certainly can.

Fear has always been my biggest enemy and something tells me it hasn’t just been mine. The thing about fear is that if you are not careful, it soon begins to define who you are, causing you to lose hope and constantly having you look back at the past. It holds you back. Confuses you. Wants you to believe that you are not good enough and that giving up is what you need to do next.

We’ve all heard poems and speeches about fear. They encourage us not to give up. And in that moment, when the poem is being read out loud, we feel a positive energy running through us. We say to ourselves that today is the day when it will all be different. We are flying high and nothing can stop us. But more often than not, that feeling is only temporary.

Fear. It’s always going to be around. Some days it will get the best of us, but the days when it doesn’t, let’s not take them for granted because the past is a good friend of fear and that’s one more foe we don’t want to deal with. It will only make us waste time and prevent us from appreciating what lies before us. So this post is to letting fear do its thing, but YOU also doing your own. Food for thought, without fear, there would be no courage, nothing to stand up for, no heroes, etc. etc....

(In memory of Warren Wesley Warner III).




Picture Citations: Scared Eggs. http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/eggs_are_scared.htm