Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.. Your playing small does not serve the world that there is nothing enlightened about shrinking, so that other people won't feel insecure around you.. We were all meant to shine as children do.. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone... And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same as we are liberated from our own fear.. Our presence automatically liberates others.. - -Timo Cruz, Coach Carter



Everyone has its own fear, whether it is darkness or heights, being alone, being left out, fear of failure, fear of driving, fear of talking with strangers etc... The most powerful thing to conquer the fear is to face and accept the fact that we need to overcome that fear and be able to tell ourselves that we have tried it... As the excerpt above said, our deepest fear is we are powerful beyond measure... Everyone has its fears and we know that time will come we will be able to surmount that fear and will be able to continue on with life. We have intelligence in which we know that we can overcome everything if we would be bold enough to face it... What is there to fear when we know that everything is just an emotion, action, natural occurrence, a state of being or a thing that we need to experience. If we let the fear eat up our own self, what would we become? Will we be the kind of person that is afraid of taking risks? Will we become losers because we were not able to surmount that fear? Will we just stay in our own state and pretend that nothing ever happened? What if the only thing that you need to do is the fear that you have always dreaded? Will you let it pass? Or will you face it and take the risk? Sometimes, we will think of the situation first and then decide. Well, I don't blame you for that, but think about it, as the saying goes, opportunity knocks only once... What will you do?

According to wikipedia.org "Fear is an emotional response to a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger." Pain or threat of danger, we know that this part of the sentence makes us fear more. Pain is inevitable, threat of danger is sometimes unexpected but what is there to fear? The fear that we might die? The fear that we will be mocked? Why should we fear the anticipated when we can plan to face it. Sometimes I wonder why do we need to be afraid of things, maybe because we are afraid of losing or just maybe we are afraid that we are coward.. Think about it, just when you are afraid to face the facts, it might be the best thing that could ever happen to you. It is just a matter of deciding what is best for you.. Sounds contradicting? Think about it...