A quote that I found today by chance really hit home:
If you've read my Thoughts of the Day - June 12th post you saw that something I've been trying to do the last year or so is consciously face my fears. I do have to say my fear of heights has been the one to produce the most tangible, reflect-able results, but I have tried to do so in other circumstances as well.
As someone who has severe anxiety this is a huge challenge for me a lot of times. When I face down my fears I'm not just looking at something that makes me a bit nervous, or that I've maybe had a bad experience with, I'm looking at it with all of those logical things in the back of my mind, but also a chorus of 1000 other things shouting irrational reasons at me for why I shouldn't do what I'm trying to do. Things that are #1 completely out of my control, so there's really no reason I should spend so much time on them, and #2 are no where nearly as severe as my brain tries to make them out to be. It can be a bit overwhelming.
But with that, I love this quote so much because it's so true and strikes a chord deep within me. If we had no fears we wouldn't limit ourselves nearly as much as we tend to do. We would allow ourselves to have so many more amazing experiences that we now shut ourselves down from because we're afraid of what may happen if we pursue them. We let fear take away from our freedom.
I try to avoid as many regrets as possible, so I try to limit the things that I let my fears decide for me. I want to gain the freedom that comes with overcoming fears, or at least standing up and staring them in the eye as you face them down and win.
I wish you the same - find the freedom beyond the fear.
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