"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood" - Marie Curie
Fear is something that lies within each and every one of us. It’s the reason why most of us are so dependent, so afraid or so uptight in our ways and don’t believe in taking risk.
One thing we fail to realize is, from the day we were born, we have been taking risks.
Without realizing, every single step is a risk.
The risk we take and don’t realize usually are the ones that have a minimal impact to our lives therefor we take it. However the rest, we choose to fear it and not face it as we feel there either could be a big risk involved or simply because we it is unknown to us.
Why is it we have fears?
A friend once told me that, we fear because we are uncertain of the end result or what comes after.
When I thought deeper on that , I started realizing. Why do we fear ghost? It’s because we haven’t seen them.
Why do we fear death? It’s because we haven’t faced it. Why do we fear losing someone special? It’s because we are unaware of how live would be without them.
And the list can go on…
Fear is a constant feeling everyone feels. Even the strongest man on earth does fear something in life.
Why is it we should try to get rid of fear? Fear usually leads to anxiety and worry. Worrying takes up a lot of energy, making one weaker by the day.
And when one is to face the situation, because of all the energy being drained out worrying, one tends to break easily.
It’s best to save the energy and face the situation strongly than fear the end result, worry and go nowhere from it.
How do you take away the feeling of fear?
To me I feel there is many ways of reducing the fear in us. It depends on the situation we are facing to practice them.
One of the ways I try to practice is, by choosing to face it bravely, but knowing and understanding all about something beforehand, to be to handle the situation whichever way it falls to.
The other way is to be less attached to the situations, or people and things.
It that way, we would neither be happy or sad if things didn’t come as we planned or hoped.
Sometimes we fail to realize, nothing is certain and things can happen differently. Being so attached to it, we fear the end result.
However, if we are not so attached to it, we will be less affected to it. And it might just be a pleasant surprise.
What is the worst that can happen anyways?
No challenge is thrown to us, that we can’t handle or face.
It will only makes us stronger if we let it take its course.
Well, these are just my thoughts.
“Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop”
Kapila Khindriya
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