Have you ever looked at someone who was bold and brave and thought, “I wish I had that same kind of courage?”
Well, I can almost guarantee that that same person who seems so courageous has struggled with fear of some kind.
Because we all have fear… Fear of the unknown. Fear of failure. Fear of missing out. Fear of rejection.
Fear comes in a thousand different forms and varieties and no one is immune.
It’s what we choose to do with our fear that will change the trajectory of our life.
We can freak out and run from it, we can be paralyzed by it, or we can face the fear head on and walk through it.
Nicole says
I needed this today. We are having a difficult day and I am very much in the fear of failure category at the moment. I have been meaning to post a question to you about read alouds..I know this is a little off subject but it has been bugging me so much lately that I thought I would try. We recently started doing chapter books for read aloud time. I guess I should have started sooner but I didnt really know too much about it and I think I thought my kids were too little. I have a 6 and 4 yr old boy and 2 and 1 yr old girl. So far it is not really working. I have a hard time getting them to be quiet and I often wonder if they have heard anything at all. Sometimes I do it when the baby is awake and sometimes when she is asleep. My homeschool schedule is all out of sorts right now anyway because I never really had one this year and I know its a mistake but since were almost done with it for the summer…were just getting it done and I have a “semi-schedule”. I typically do read aloud time at around the same time everyday and the reason the baby is sometimes not asleep is because she is teething. I do let them play with legos..but they are so loud when they do because the feel the need to talk to each other and I dont know if I am doing it wrong or what but silly as it seems this one issue is making me seem like a total failure! I would love some help!!
Leah says
Crystal, I needed this today! Thank you! I dropped my three-year-old daughter off at VBS this morning, and I was so filled with fear- fear of leaving her, fear that something would happen. But I know we will both grow from this experience. Thank you for the reminder!
Aimee says
Such a good reminder – you never know what is going on in another person’s life, or the challenges they have faced.
Keelie from Love Hope Adventure says
It’s so easy to think that because someone else is doing it, that it isn’t hard for them. They might be just as terrified as you would be to do it, but they are choosing to anyways.
B. says
We can punch fear in the face! 🙂 I just love your daughter’s words about that!!