Fear, Courage, and the Expanding of Life
You've had this experience, haven't you? You wanted to do something -- take dance lessons, let's say -- but you were afraid to for some reason. Perhaps you didn't even consciously admit your were afraid -- you might have just rationalized it away. "I would take dance lessons, but I'm just too busy at work." Adults don't like to apply the word "fear" to themselves.
When you stick with the rationalization and don't take the action you want to, how do you feel? Small, right? But how do you feel when you do manage to overcome that little fear? Not only do you immediately feel good, but taking the action often opens you up to a whole new set of experiences. Your personal world got bigger.
The French author Anais Nin summed this up beautifully when she wrote, "Life expands or contracts in direct proportion to one's courage." That's a nice mantra to repeat to yourself when you're feeling hesitant to take action. It reminds you that, if you don't take action, things aren't going to remain the same -- you're going to become a smaller person. Hesitate enough and you'll eventually wilt.
So, what's one thing you've been putting off out of fear, consciously or not? Armed with Nin's advice, are you willing to take a little risk to become a bigger person?
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