The thing about fear January 14, 2008
Posted by qnaoflife in Hope, Life's Questions.trackback
Coincidentally, after watching One Tree Hill Season 5 Episode 2 -Racing Like A Pro, it really relate so much to how I feel, sometimes. And it hits me hard because I’m being afraid now.
The conversation between Nathan and his son, Jamie goes like this.
Nathan: You know, son, you will meet a lot of times in your life when you are afraid. Being afraid is okay but if you don’t work through that fear, you might miss out some pretty great things.
Jamie: Are you afraid, daddy?
Nathan: Sometimes. You?
Jamie: Sometimes.
Nathan: Then we do this together. At the count of three. One, two, three..’
If you need to know why this conversation took place, you have to watch the episode in this new season. It’s a very refreshing season indeed… :P
I really find this episode relates so much to me though. It is easy to see in the movies but when you really feeling it, you wished you could take that courage and overcome your fear.
I’m not sure about you. Can you forget about your fear and undertake that pretty great things?
Everyone has fears. And no one really knows beforehand if they will be courageous enough to take the leap–until the time comes. I used to always tell myself that I was able to conquer my fears. Sometimes I managed to pull it off but other times I didn’t. Sometimes when you’ve conquered your fear, you found that the level of satisfaction wasn’t as great as you thought it would be. The secret is to do it anyway and then move on to the next thing. God can decide if we are brave, in the meantime we have to do the necessary. Only necessary things get done. Those that we can’t do for whatever reason we give them are really things that we can live without subconsciously, no matter what we believe to the contrary.
Indeed, the very moment you fight through your fear, there is some sense of relief and pleased with yourself because you had did something you never thought possible because of the defense wall that you built upon yourself. It is hard to say what we feel every time we up ourselves one level from where we are, because each fear brings a different meaning and feeling to our own spiritual being.
The question now is what are necessary things to be done? We give excuses to ourselves that even the necessary seem of less importance and can-do-without. Then, what makes us different spiritually than what we are 10 years ago when our experiences remain the same because no new grounds are being ventured?
I’m afraid that if I didn’t take the leap, I won’t know what pretty great things I would be missing. It is hard to say if the outcome would be great, but at least I hold no ifs in my head. At the same time, there seem to have an opposite feeling to not take the leap because now seem pretty great enough.
Do it anyway seem fine, but without some thoughts, we will go through life without any validity to its meaning, even after achieving that great things.
That is what I’m afraid of.
hmmm… fear… there is nothing to fear but fear itself. i donno what to say, or rather how to say it. but from my experience here in singapore, you’ll lose whatever fear u have once u come to work here. why? cos you’ll become kiasu like all singaporeans here that u can’t afford to be afraid of anything, else u’ll lose out!!! so, the only fear u’ll have is fear of losing!!! LOLOLOLLL!!!! bad joke? haha.
seriously, i was once afraid to take ‘the’ great leap. but i’m glad i’ve taken it, cos it has changed my life and has opened up more opportunities and doors for me. but of cos, u need someone behind u to push and encourage u to take the great leap if u’re a very afraid type…
that’s all i have to say!!!
Thanks Mel so much for commenting in my blog.
Firstly, not all great leap end up happy ending. We can only assume the end result would be great, but we must also anticipate that the worst could come out from that great leap.
Either ways, there are risks involved and sacrifices to be made. Perhaps fear gotten to me as I grew older, holding on to familiar things rather than to risk life with uncertainty. Perhaps. Just perhaps. This emotion will change.