Recently, I was talking with a friend about making air travel plans for a vacation. He revealed to me that he has a fear of flying, and has never been in an airplane. This was puzzling to me. Not being able to conceive the concept of fearing something you have never done before I asked why. He said being scared of heights there is a possibility of the plane crashing. I agreed that is a possibility, but there is more of a possibility of an auto accident. There are also the possibilities of getting hit by a bus, falling, breaking your ankle or a heart attack. On the other hand what about the possibility of being successful, happy and fulfilled. Make a choice.
To fill your thoughts with fear means to live in fear. This is wasting emotion and time. Fear can keep you from living to your potential. If you don't branch out in your freelance career because of fears you are limiting yourself of the chance to succeed. Even if you fail at something new, so what! Just keep it moving to the next phase. This is part of the journey. Challenge your fears and come out winning.
Knowing success is knowing failure, but fear knows nothing.
Freedomlance
Lovely post, it sums up the fear of trying something new and the loss of not embracing it really well.
ReplyDeleteI will add your closing line to my list of Brilliant quotes.
“Knowing success is knowing failure, but fear knows nothing.”
I blogged about the fear of trying new experiences a while back and how it will hold people back. Being able to control your fear and not let it control you is one of life’s most important lessons.
http://andyshack.blogspot.com/2009/04/life-on-right-hand-side-of-menu.html