There’s a whole slew of people who will tell you to confront your fears. Some of them seem to think that it won’t be as bad in real life as it is in your head, and you will realize this if you take that first step.
What IF it is every bit as bad as you were dreading?
Right now I am feeling kindagrumpy and
relieved and
sad and
tired (yawn)...
Comment by Melissa
November 23, 2006 @ 3:28 pm
Ahhh yes, we like to refer to these moments as “character building”
Comment by owen
November 24, 2006 @ 7:33 pm
the way I see it you have fears for a reason. or else why would you have fears at all? take slow and cauious steps.
Comment by Rae
November 24, 2006 @ 10:38 pm
I agree with Owen. We have fears for a reason. I think the first step is to find out what that reason is, and if it’s justifiable enough to fuel our fear.
I mean fear of falling off a high story building because you think you’ll die is a justifiable fear… you very much will die if you try to jump off in an effort to face that fear. But other fears are not always accompanied by good reasons… those are the ones I think are mostly in our minds, and are worth ‘facing’ if you wish to no longer live with that fear. And note I said ‘if’. Someone else can’t take our unjustified fears from us, we have to want to get rid of them ourselves.