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30-DAY WRITING CHALLENGE / 22 SEPTEMBER 2022
What It Took To Face My Fears
Feeling fearful is natural, but it does not have to keep you back
Fear makes a strange bedfellow.
It is a constant companion that is with us always, invisible in the background, pulling the strings. Whether we admit it or not, it is there. A gatekeeper that holds the power to either hold us back or let us fly.
I admit that my own fears have held me prisoner for many years. Calculating the “what if’s” is often paralyzingly acute when I let my mind overthink things. The consequences of poor planning and/or failure can sabotage even the best intentions before they are even executed.
For me, my biggest fear is not being able to keep productive. At this season of my life, I have a deeper sense of my mortality. The thought of time running out before I can bring my efforts to fruition drives me into a sense of blind panic. As a young adult, 20 years can seem so long and far away. Now, 20 years is quickly approaching and closing in. Can I do it before I have pushed my luck too far?
I have allowed fear to dominate my heart for way too long. I relinquished so much of who I could be to my fear of others.
- What would they think?
