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| Me on the first day of school |
"So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyses needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
I have been thinking a lot about fear and being afraid lately. A little bit of fear is very helpful; it makes us aware of dangers, it makes us look twice. A lot of fear cripples us; it stops us from pursuing things, stops us from experiencing things. Fear can be a tool to take us further or it could be a wall that stops us from going anywhere.
I am by nature a fraidy cat. I worry about things that might not even happen in my life-time. I fear new situations, new people, new experiences. But I am also a very driven person and I often have to face my fears to get what I want accomplished.
