"The only thing we have to fear is fear it'self - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
---- FDR - First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
---- FDR - First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
However, fear is some thing that we all encounter at various points of our life. There are various stages of fear, the worse kind is phobia. That kind of fear is definitely extremely unhealthy and anyone reaching that stage of fear indeed should sought medical help. However, the fear that we will talk about today and which in my opinion makes life much more worth is the initial fear of unknown.
I believe that life is not about being fearless but its all about overcoming your fear. The journey to overcome ones fear which ultimately leads us to doing some thing that we need to or want to do is truly gratifying and that journey when taken always makes life more worth it.
Just yesterday one of my friends was saying how he is scared of roller coasters and does not ride them, while talking to him, I realized that roller coasters or any other such activity will not be fun if we would not have any fear for it.
The person who is afraid will show guts, take a start, prep for it and then put himself in the position of point of no return and experiences what he fears and then learns from it. If one is not afraid of doing some thing he would find no joy or challenge in doing that thing. So for example if I am not afraid of sitting on roller coasters, I would probably not find them to be too much fun. Instead, if I am afraid, I would first dread about it and then prep and buck my self up that I can do it, then I will take a plunge by putting myself in the seat where I am locked up and once the coaster will start moving, I will know this is the point of no return and I will tell myself, " Its too late to be afraid now so lets see how it goes" and then will just enjoy the ride as I will be expected the unexpected at every turn. :)
So basically, showing courage in the face of fear is what makes us better and stronger men and women. fear is a wall which blocks us from whatever there is on the other side and we cannot walk through it, we can only climb over it and courage is the only tool which helps us to do that.
To live and to live life fully, I pray that we all feel fear and find courage to overcome that fear. Let those be the experiences of our life. :)
"Being frightened is an experience you can't buy."
---- Anthony Price - Sion Crossing (1984)
"Being frightened is an experience you can't buy."
---- Anthony Price - Sion Crossing (1984)
Peace Out!
December 20, 2011 at 9:03 PM
Nice post.
I would also add that fist step is acceptance of fear, followed by the courage to over come it