A discussion about fear at Shortcut.nu made me think.
We’re all afraid of something, right? And I’m not thinking of fear of snakes, bees or dogs, fear of heights or of flying. I mean fears in the everyday life. For instance so many people fear going out to dinner by themselves (“A table for one, please”), or fear going to the movies all by their lonesome. Or fear of standing up in front of a group and give a seminar or such. The fear is so gripping and so hard to fight that these people avoid eyeballing their fears.
But what would happen if you, say under a week, do all those things you fear doing? Hell won’t freeze over, the dogs won’t stop barking, and the four horsemen won’t come galloping in on their black steeds. The only effect this fear-embracing week will bring is that you have dared more, that you have lived a little bit more.
Me, I’m going to defy my fear of deep waters this and next year by taken a divers certificate with a referral which mean that I will finish the certification in Thailand or some other place in Asia. That’s my own little self, daring a little bit more, living a little bit more, refusing to let my fears become an Albatross around my neck.
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