Conquering Fear
An adventurer edges along the fragile line between the worlds of life and death, peering cautiously into the other side- it is as if he were immortal, neither alive nor actually dead. When he comes back from his adventure and steps unsteadily back into life, he tries, with little success, to comprehend what he has just experienced. He has a tantalising memory of those days but is unable to say exactly what has happened. At one time he knew what he had seen, knew it to be real, but now he is not sure, nothing seems real, and he trembles on the verge of going back for a second look to be sure that he did see it. The uncertainty tickles at his mind until he is forced to go back. When the corrosive fears and anxieties of the present, crowd him once again, he remembers that elusive state when time stood still, when his perspectives shifted into another dimension of living, and he hungers to go back there.
Darren MacDonald www. souladventures. co. za
Most of us have never experienced the mind-numbing fear that Darren experiences on a regular basis, but we all have inherent fears that hold us back from experiencing our brilliance. Some of us are terrified of heights, spiders, how people judge us and what they think about us. Whatever your fears are, if you allow them to hold you prisoner they will grow into monsters and keep you locked in a cell of terror. How do you escape???
I found my escape by facing my fears head-on I looked each one in the eye and conquered them. By doing this, it allows a person to open themselves to opportunities and possibilities that they would have never considered before. But only you can take the first step. Opportunities shift you to new places in your life. The choice is truly yours.
Fear can be paralyzing for some people. Fear is not always a bad thing. There are obviously some things about which we should be afraid and in which we should exercise appropriate caution. If our fears control or prevent us from taking certain risks, we allow them to define and limit who we truly are to engage in only courses of action that we deem to be sufficiently safe. As a result, many of us never achieve our potential, or we cheat ourselves out of the richness that life would otherwise hold for us.
Ewya July 2016- 11