I am scared.
I am scared of judgment and ridicule.
I am scared of being naive and deemed a fool.
I am scared to add my voice to the fray because I don’t feel like I have anything important or unique to say.
I am scared to take the first step because it might be the wrong step.
I am scared to commit to anything because that means defining failure.
I am scared to voice my opinion for fear that it will be critiqued and I will have nothing to repudiate.
I am scared of being found an impostor with nothing of value to offer.
But most of all, I am scared of regret.
I am terrified of saying or doing the wrong thing, so to get ostracized and exiled by those I respect and admire.
It is easier to hide in obscurity than to face the possibility of my fears being realized.
And that is why I am announcing these fears to the world.
I am growing weary of my self-imposed shackles and I wish to exorcise them from my mind.
This will not make those fears disappear, but rather it will be a symbolic gesture to transform them from paralyzing to motivating.
Action Cures Fear
I will start with what knowledge I have and welcome failure as a means to teach me something new.
I will set forth blindly for now because action cures fear. And in time, I will find my way.
It took me a long time to get to this point. And this is barely even the beginning. But at least it’s a start.
Everyone has to start somewhere. I choose my somewhere to be a place free from the captivity of fear.
Originally written & posted Nov 15, 2017.
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