Fear is a critical tool given to you and every person to help us find our edge
Fearless.
Breaking through FEAR.
Scaredy Cat.
Afraid of NOTHING.
Bullsh*t.
Why do we have an underlying desire to become fearless? We constantly condemn fear. We hear messages in media, from our friends, from inside our head that fear is “bad.”
But wait! Fear IS bad because –
- Fear holds me back.
- Fear paralyzes me and to move forward – I need to be FEARLESS.
Ah, but what if fear is actually a critical tool given to you and every person to help us find our edge?
Could fear in fact be a silent life sustaining system to tell you when you’re on the edge of understanding?
…That without it you would perish due to ignorance, not knowing that you didn’t know what you don’t know.
Whenever we’re learning, growing, exploring the unknown, the feelings of anxiety are synonymous with fear and a powerful gift giving us feedback that we are moving past our present understanding of something.
I once heard somewhere that courage is not something you get in the face of fear but something you get after you do the thing that scares you most. Acknowledging the fear and moving forward through it is a form of perturbation.
The next time you feel afraid, ask yourself: Could this be an opportunity to grow past my current self, my limits and my past and move deeper into my potential and towards a higher state of enlightenment and happiness?
The questions we ask define our experience as much or more as the actual sensual experience could ever provide.
The consciousness of choosing your questions instead of the force of trying to “experience” something through autonomic senses is truly one of the most empowering and freeing abilities we have as humans.
Next time you feel fear, maybe ask a different question and get ready to grow into a more powerful, more connected version of yourself and let go of the idea that fear is your enemy.
Fear is your friend.