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