“Do more of what you fear.”
I remember hearing that quote several years ago and finding it a bit jarring. I never considered myself someone who was afraid of much, having lived through multiple life and death situations (including nearly burying my son when he was four years old). But what I realized, as I took personal inventory, was the reason I didn’t fear much, was because I had been living effortlessly inside the boundaries of my comfort zone. My comfort zone (of family, friends and a strong support system) has broad fences, might I add, creating the beautiful illusion of fearlessness. So, instead of fearless I had become an internal re-packager. I rewrapped my fear in the dull shiny paper of “disinterest.” My “disinterest” tended to lean toward completely, new things. Experiences, that fell in uncharted territories. So, when I avoided an opportunity, I could pretend that I was simply “disinterested” in it, rather than afraid to pursue it. Truth is…I was scared.
This blog…is me taking another step away from…fear.
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather, action in the presence of fear.”