RATIONALIZING FEAR
Fear can seem like a real thing almost concrete in nature judging by the enormous influence it has on our daily lives. It can be said to be as old as time itself, typically graduating from that feeling we have as children to the mental captivity we feel as adults. Perhaps, we should switch up the saying for "Fear is the only constant thing" instead of Change? Nah...I will take change over fear any day any time because if otherwise, we would still have been stuck in the stone age.
The rationale behind fear is a dark and twisted one and the more we give into it, the more it incapacitates us. So often, danger and fear are likened as the same thing which is a grave misunderstanding because "Danger is very real whereas Fear is a choice"-Will Smith. Yet, only if it was so easy a choice to/not to make then we wouldn't have found ourselves in this epistle in the first place lol. It takes a lot of soul searching to clearly distinguish the reality of danger from the vagueness of fear without allowing one's self to be entwined in the mix. Whenever I hear the word "fear", it always brings to mind a scary movie I watched as a kid and unlike then, I outburst laughing not because the memory has magically turned into pleasant one rather, joy and self-confidence of knowing it wasn't real in my world. Now back to grown-up issues, although this has morphed into mental captivity but the resultant outcome is still very much like the childhood flashbacks except this time it actually stirs the course of lives.
It comes in different forms ranging from laziness to start that business venture, uncertainty in pursuing that dream job, procrastination on that academic pursuit, lack of confidence to approach that crush etc (yea you guessed right...had to throw in that last point for laughs lol). Whatever that pending project is the excuses we make to justify our reluctance to see its completion are purely a product of mental slavery! Nah...I wasn't dropped on my head at birth not to say I am unaware of the real life challenges we as individuals are faced with daily and how bleak this can seem at times, thus, hindering us from exploits, but as I mentioned earlier it all boils down to choices...tough choices. The choice to be relentless, to never be quieted nor subdued, to stand up twice as many times as you fall, to remain optimistic and hopeful because the truth is, if you stay winning life will eventually have to succumb to you #Fact.
Our true potentials lies at the tail end of our comfort zone and unless we take that plunge we will never discover what is on the other side, wouldn't you rather find out?
Have a productive week folks and stay winning #Onelove