Feel the FEAR and do it anyway ?

Hello again

Isn't that a great expression, feel the FEAR and do it anyway?

Being a student myself of issues of Inspiration and Motivation, the most inspiring examples in life seem to be just that don't they ? It's people who just look fear in the eye and say "you know what I'm gonna do it anyway." There's a great song by the singer Labi Siffre "Something inside so strong" which I believe was written regarding the apartheid struggle in South Africa. Now the people wanting to overturn that corrupt system must have felt fear at times knowing that in trying to overturn such a state they risked charges of subversion or treason. We all know Nelson Mandela spent twenty seven years in prison for his fight against apartheid. Now did he feel fear at any time in his struggle, maybe so, but whatever his emotional state he made a decision that his live was to be devoted to "the struggle."   

There are many other examples of fearlessness in society and life today. I always think of the French guy who climbs skyscrapers all over the world without any form of safety devices, risking instant death with every move. I think he is called "The Spiderman". Where does that kind of fearlessness come from I ask myself ?
I don't know is the answer but what I do know that someone who lives like that has really conquered all his fears, the fear of death, the fear of public ridicule, the fear of rejection and failure, the fear of being stopped from his "life purpose". Now I am not condoning what he does (climbing public buildings) but even the authorities who have to "punish' him have a grudging respect for what he does as do most people I would venture ?

So what can we learn from these examples about being free of fear and free to be the person we were born to be? What is clear is that fear in its many forms can rob us of such much whether in terms of our health, our wealth, our relationships or whatever area of life. A simple example in the health arena would be a man who for fear of going to the doctor and appearing to be "macho" ultimately finds that he has prostate cancer which could have been treated earlier if diagnosed !

I have known many people who are afraid to step out of their comfort zone and to look to new horizons whether staying in the same dead end job for years or risking a new relationship after being rejected in a previous one. Fear controls people and causes them to live limited, ultimately unsatisfying lives merely because they were unable to take a positive step in the direction of something new.

The other side of fear is "faith" and of course if you are going to eradicate fear from your life you need to work on having faith that what new venture you turn to will be successful and move you forward in life. You need to feel that by taking a step of faith towards a new destiny that your dreams or goals will ultimately be realised !

So my question to you today is are you going to feel the FEAR and do it anyway ? Are you going to work on acquiring the faith you need to make the changes you need to do in order to move yourself forward in life? Fear will control you all your life if you let it, beter to recognise it for what it is, a "'stealer of dreams," and deal with it TODAY !

God bless

Oliver

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