Fear – One Of The Best Emotions You Have In Order To Grow

Suppose you are in a new situation. To cope with that situation, you become more sensitive and alert. Doesn’t that sound great? The very thing we need to do our best in a new situation!

Well, it’s precisely what does happen each time we enter a new situation. Most of the time, however, we call it “fear” and we don’t like it.

Contrary to popular belief, our parents didn’t teach us to feel fear. Our parents did teach us to use fear as a reason not to do something and they did this from love. A child cannot logically determine if its physical well being was or was not endangered when attempting each new activity.

Unfortunately, at the age of eighteen or so, when we do know the difference between that which is truly dangerous and that which is merely new and untried, no one draws us aside and says, “That fear you’ve been using as a reason not to do things – it’s really part of the energy to get things done.” Read more…


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