Ok – I know most of you probably didn’t see the TED talk – so I will give you the second quote… 😉
Too much build up?
Sorry…
…
“Courage
is
fear
walking…”
Susan David
It struck me…
While not in EVERY case, but I believe in MOST cases, courage isn’t the absence of fear… courage isn’t about learning how not to fear… courage is proceeding, moving forward, despite fear…
I do think that over time, you can feel less and less fear…
I feel less fear than I ever have…
And, I think it comes from walking with fear for years, for decades…
And having
a conversation with fear,
a relationship with fear…
I have never let fear, or possibly more appropriately doubt…
I have never let doubt keep me from walking…
Doubt weighed me down.
It’s kicked my butt.
It’s made more days than I care to admit, less joyful…
But, we must keep walking…
Because it’s only through the experience of time, of persistence, of stubbornness, of resilience
That fear and doubt weaken…
We slowly, step by step, become clearer about who we are, about how strong we are, about what we can overcome…
If you just KEEP walking…
Eventually,
You look around
And notice…
Fear is far away…
It’s just you
and the sun
lowering
on
the
horizon.
You feel lighter and freer than you ever have before…
“Courage is fear walking…”
Maybe I have more courage now than ever…
Maybe I am just getting old 😉
In harmony,
Nestor