Monday, September 12, 2011

Walk Through Your Fear, You are not getting any younger.


"It's been proven that the only effective way to deal with fear is to walk through it, through the pain that accompanies doing something you're afraid to do. It takes courage to fulfill your commitments, courage to stay on track, courage to follow your dreams, courage to reach your goals, and courage to walk through your fear. Remember, reaching goals is not so much about doing big things when the feeling hits you; it's more about doing little things every day that move you toward your dream. It's about staying steady and on course."
~Francine Ward

Quotation is from: Esteemable Acts: 10 Actions for Building Real Self-Esteem


I remember landing in San Jose and having my son tell me I would need to take a train to the BART, and then and then. I an older person that had never used public transit in my life, well I pulled up my panties, found the bus that took me to the BART and I got to San Francisco, met some great people on the rides and left CA, an experience rider on their transit system, including the really fun cable cars. I could not tell my son I was afraid, he forced my hand. There have certainly been other things I have been afraid of in my life, and in the past there were times when I simple
did nothing rather than face my fear. I would reflect back but then I would get into the only if syndrome.
As i look back there never has been anything that I have not been able to tackle , however I need to always keep in mind Just Do It (Nike) because it is when my fear keeps me immobile that FEAR WINS, I am fighting the was one day at a time.
Find what it is that will force our hand, in my case it was originally pride because I wouldn't admit fear, but there are other triggers as well, find them and the battles will decrease in number. Fear needs to be the loser for us to fulfill our potentials

Just a simple thought for a September Day, another Winter is coming and I need to be ready