Fear not

Fear is standing in the way of our health. Too many of us spend entirely too much time worried, anxious and fearful of happenings that will never actually happen. We allow fear to keep us from moving toward our greatest potential. And we fear what could actually be if we actually reached our goals. Some of us refuse to stand on a scale because we are afraid of what it will say. As if not standing on it will somehow physically change our bodies. We are afraid to start a diet for the fear we will fail. Not only does it stand directly in our path of physical health, it also stands in the way of our psychological and emotional health.

How many of you are refusing to follow your dream because comfortable and safe is so much easier. Have you wanted to dream big? Have you wanted aim high and begin anew? Is there that one thing you swear you would try if you had more courage? No, I'm not saying go parachuting or anything crazy like that, although....I'm just staying stop waiting to have the courage to do something big. Courage doesn't come from waiting. It comes from action, facing your fears and saying enough is enough and today is the day I make a change.

“We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you

are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there

 is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is

good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.”
― C. JoyBell C. 

Take the plunge, make a fool, a mistake, a mess, an uncomfortable moment, a change, fall down, but get up and try again. It's ok to be wrong, embarrassed, and uncomfortable. We have all been there. Some of us learned to make these mistakes as a child. We learned that being scared of failing was ok. We failed at the little things and learned we survived. We took bigger chances as we got older and still learned the world didn't end from making another mistake. Some didn't take or get the chance to learn mistakes were ok. So as adults our fears feel debilitating. That's ok, take small steps toward your fear. Build up your armor and learn it's ok to try and to fail, because with trying comes great reward.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Nelson Mandela

 

“Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.”
― Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries