Fear...
I don't know if there is anybody that doesn't have fear. What matters most is how you manage it.
Fear is one of the most complex things in life and if not taken care of could be disastrous. Most of the times, fear kills even before the main hurricane.
Seneca the Younger, stoic philosopher says:
“There are more things, Lucilius, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
Some years ago in Lagos, Nigeria, there was a bombing attack in some areas. So many people were running to no destination because they didn't know where the attack was from but because of fear, they ran until they got drowned in the Lagoon.
We have different fears in us depending on the situation we find ourselves.
So what can we do to overcome fear?
When you chase a goat, the goat becomes afraid of you. The moment the goat gets to a wall or could not go further, it definitely turns back. And what happens after then? You get scared all of a sudden because you would not know whether the goat would attack you or not.
Same thing applies to us when we face and confront our fear. Fear tends to disappear rapidly.
We study different courses to know more about them, how they could solve our everyday live problems, etc. When we know more, we are happy! We know every corner and edges of the sector.
We need to study what scares us. If it's the fear of success, take time to tell yourself you can do it, you can make it. So many other people have tried and made it, then yours won't be an exception. Take the bull by the horn!
Then you ask yourself, "Is this what I have been so scared of?"
Could it be fear of some uncertainties or the unknowns, money, relationship, job, school, you can name them all. My dear, it is very possible to conquer fear, it depends on you when you want to get rid of it.
While studying what scares you...
- You make make new discoveries regardless of the situation,
- You make analysis,
- You make decisions and
- You face it with the unshaken confidence in you
...and there you overcome...!
Thank you.