Seek Courage to Brave the Unknown
“What are you afraid of,” the Father said lovingly. “That which I cannot see or understand,” said the child.
“But with understanding, will you be less afraid?”
“Not at first. But if I understand where the fear comes from, that will help me overcome and allow me to move forward bravely.”
Paralyzed by Fear
Fear can be paralyzing. Yet, if we let it gain control of our actions, we become the slave to it.
We have to step through the fear to become something different, something better.
This is a wonderful poem that sheds some perspective on the power of fear and the notion of becoming something new…as you push through the fear.
Fear by Kahlil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.