fear
December 12, 2015 § 5 Comments
Fear is a strange motivator, it tempts us on tiptoe to the very brink of possibility then dares us to leap. It is the friend to whom we whisper our most intimate dreams and who we enlist to guard our joy from harm. It is a tireless soldier of our worst imagination, but only by assignment.
Fear whispers, What will you do?
It challenges us to name our dreams with heartbeats that speak in uncomplicated truth, passion in a language of morse code. It is the internal knowing that drums a persistent noise in the quiet of our own hesitation so that we can hear the reverberation of truth above the din of doubt.
What would yo do if you were not afraid to succeed?
I think of this when my son drafts complicated blue prints for unlikely inventions or my daughter conjures lines into a tapestry of make-believe. More often, Fear is my companion in the space between necessity, when I am still just long enough to remember my own dreams and tiptoe closer to possibility.
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Hi..can I copy this one, and include in the book that I am trying to write please?
With proper attribution, I would consider it a generous compliment. Thank you.
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That is food for thought. In many ways, of course, fear is a good thing. Consider ladders for example! In other ways, though–here’s the thing: I could not count the number of people I know who let fear be their “comfort”. They need to do things they they do not want to and let fear stop them. Sometimes it almost seems like fear is the excuse for non-action. Weird, I know, but there it is.
Fear can keep us safe, but it can also make us complacent. I suppose it depends on what we fear and the logic that informs that emotion.