We are afraid of the wrong things

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This statement reminds me of one of my favourite poems:

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. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

-Marianne Williamson

We are afraid of the things we do not know, of things we deem impossible or difficult to reach. We don’t try because we are afraid of failure, of ours and others expectations and opinions about us.

The things that make us afraid are normally things we want to acquire or experience in our lives. We want that dream job, see and experience things. We became afraid and believe the lies told about us. The voice in our heads that’s afraid of change, afraid of being and doing better than what we are now. 

We make up excuses, pretend as if we don’t have a choice and give up easily. In most cases, we give up before we have even started.

The reality is if we choose to go after the things that make us feel and be ALIVE, we choose life and courage. Being brave or courageous doesn’t mean you lack fear, it means you recognise fear, but move beyond it anyway.

 You move beyond it because you refused to be imprisoned by it, for now or the rest of your life.  You refused to live in regret or the past. You refuse to not live life to the fullest, to not be ALIVE. Because you recognise to live, doesn’t mean you’re alive.