In the Face of Fear…

I have had an issue much of my life, you may have heard of it, it’s called FEAR. It’s a real S.O.B but it also helps to keep me safe and stops me from getting hurt. It also stops me from growing, from getting what I want from my life because it tells me things that aren’t true. That is why I have decided to tell fear to F off; and I am facing off with fear because I am done letting it control me and my future.

I know I have capabilities far beyond my wildest dreams, in reality as humans, we all do! We build our own box and hammer down the lid ourselves. We let the outside world and other people’s points of view tell us what we should and should not hope for, strive for and sacrifice for.

I know what I want, I know what I am going to do and it all starts by facing down fear and doing it in spite of the fear. For me, what I’ve learned is that fear stands for False Expectations Appearing Real. I have always blown things out of proportion in my head. Telling myself stories about what people might say, what will happen when they say no or say nothing at all but you know what will happen? Not a damn thing because I will have already moved on. But, if in the slightest, smallest chance they see my value, my strength and commitment to do good work and help them grow and they say yes, well isn’t that just worth a million no’s?

So, if you’re like me and you’re holding back from trying something, from putting yourself out there, from trying to adopt a different mindset; don’t let anyone tell you differently. For us to succeed it only takes a dream, hard work and perseverance. I am finally starting to believe in myself a bit more everyday and I am going to finally start trying to live for my future instead of trying to protect my today.