F.E.A.R.

There has been a topic on my mind for a few days now, and its fear. Let's be honest its a word we all can relate to, but in different areas. Fear is such a powerful feeling. In fact almost every choice we make is based on some kind of fear. It's a feeling that we use to make a choice, after we've hopefully out weighed the consequences before making that choice. Example, I want to buy a new house. I have two choices one house is my dream home, but cost 100,000 more than I planned to spend. The other one is a house I don't love, but I can manage to live in to get started and it's even 25,000 less than I planned to spend. I have a choice that i can make now fear would stop me from spending more than I can afford, or it will cause me to stay away from just settling in something I won't be pleased with in the end. See where I'm going with this? I talk to people everyday, and see it in my self at times. There is no way getting around this feeling, but there needs to be a happy median. I have met so many people that let fear, dictate their lives. It controlsthem to the point that it holds them back. They could even be in a situation that makes them so unhappy, but can't leave that situation. Because their self value in themselves knows nothing better. They have become scared to do anything different or feel different! My mom always said she didn't want us to have a trampoline growing up because she had seen so many injuries as a nurse. People break their necks, is what she always said. My thought is, people break their necks driving their cars, swimming, and even walking! As dramatic as this sounds they are all true. We can't let fear hold us back from getting out of our comfort zones. I have had people tell me to draw a small circle on a piece of paper. This small circle is where I am at today. Each time I make a choice that brought me out of my comfort zone I was able to go back and draw a bigger circle around this small circle. I soon saw my circles really getting bigger and wanted to do more and more to get out of my comfort zone in order for this circle to grow. In the end my circle filled the paper. I erased all the little circles, so I could see how much I had grown. I am not saying go make drastic choices and go jump off the high cliff and see if you live, but see the logic in making choices. There are always going to be accidents, you will make a wrong choice, and it will hurt. We can't be afraid of getting hurt or feeling pain. We need to realize these things are why we grow. If you are letting fear take charge of your life, my message is this: LET GO! stop holding your self back of experiences that are meant for you! Feel pain, feel love and feel happy in allowing your self a chance! You can do it and no, no one is watching you because you have a mirror in front of you.