Do what you fear
bythemethod | July 7, 2008
Quote
‘It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.” ‘
Ralph Waldo Emerson
My thought
Fear can be crippling. If we let fear dominate every thing we do then we will never really succeed at what we want to do. I think the advice being given here is never to allow your fear to stop you from doing something. If the only reason you are not doing something is fear then you should do it anyway.
My wife is a fan of the film “Strictly Ballroom” and in that film one of the characters says, “a life lived in fear is a life half lived”. It’s a good sentiment because if we live our lives in fear of failure (or even of success) then we never truly reach our full potential.
I don’t know what you are feeling right now about your life. May be you have looked at this web site because you are not sure of what to do or perhaps you fear something in your life. I can’t make the decisions for you but I know that you will regret things if you let fear decide for you.
How can you get through the fear? Well there are many techniques but ultimately it will come down to you facing the fear and then getting on with it anyway. There is nothing wrong in being afraid of something but there is something wrong in letting that fear stop you from doing something in your life.
