| There are to do lists that never get completed. Tasks | | | | through kindergarten. |
| that never get started. Glorious opportunities that | | | | The point I'm trying to illustrate here, is that many times |
| never come to fruition. And, lives that are lived | | | | fears are just imaginary thoughts existing only in our |
| unfulfilled. All for one simple reason. Someone, | | | | minds. Not always, but quite often our little fears are |
| somewhere, for some reason, didn't take action. There | | | | based on a non existent reality. Created only by our |
| are a multitude of reasons why people don't take | | | | own imagination. That's not meant to dismiss them as |
| action, but the biggest action killer, is fear. Fear can | | | | trivial, as fears can become quite strong and quite |
| take many guises, and forms for different people. You | | | | overwhelming if we allow them to go unchecked. The |
| could be afraid of being told "no", fear of being wrong, | | | | good news is, that if we create this fear in our mind, |
| fear of failing, fear of not living up to yours or | | | | there's no reason why we can't also destroy it. It's |
| someone elses expectations, or fear of rejection. | | | | simply a matter of having a process for doing just that. |
| They can be residual effects from dramatic events | | | | One, that works well for me, is writing. Writing this very |
| that have transpired in your past. I still remember an | | | | article is a tactic I'm using for overcoming a very |
| event that occurred to me in kindergarten. It was one | | | | unproductive day. And it's working. |
| of our first days, and we we're all doing a simple task. | | | | Simply by virtue of doing some reading and research |
| After completing it, I quickly realized I had done it | | | | into my own motivations I've become more informed |
| incorrectly based on what my teacher showed us. | | | | about my fears. By writing about them, and intertwining |
| She then started coming around the room to check on | | | | personal events for my life I'm able to better |
| everyone's work. With the best of intentions I'm sure, | | | | understand and overcome that obstacles in my path. |
| as she was likely just checking to see if we needed | | | | For others, talking with friends and family can be |
| any help. I was mortified. I knew I had done the work | | | | another strategy for overcoming fears. There's nothing |
| horribly wrong, and thought I was going to be in big big | | | | like exposing your fear to the light of day through |
| trouble. I don't really remember how the situation ended, | | | | discussion, to make it seem insignificant and beatable. |
| just me feelings leading up to it. I'm sure the conclusion | | | | Further empathetic feedback from friends is sure to |
| couldn't have been that bad, since I did manage to get | | | | help you win your battle. |