Student's choosing 2 The Concept of Fear I.

1.      The Concept of Fear

In our life stories we have all dealt with fear in some manner. It may have stemmed from physical, mental, or even in a spiritual sense. I think the greatest struggle we run into when it comes to fear is a pride problem we all have. For instance, we decide not to speak up in class because we’re afraid of being wrong, we decide not to try out for a team because we’re afraid we won’t make it, we don’t want to show that we have feeling for someone because we aren’t sure if they’ll be reciprocated or not. In all those instances and several more we fear that our ego could take a shot and we let our pride hold us back from chasing the things we desire in life.

            In class we’ve talked a lot about how we all of a ‘story’ to our lives. When I think of the antagonist of that story I think fear is one that we may all share. I think I speak for more than just myself when I say that fear has held me back from chasing dreams I once worked so hard for. I played soccer my entire life and was in contact with a few different colleges to play for them but fear held me back from committing. I was afraid that I wouldn’t be as successful in college compared to high school and because of that I decided to run away from the opportunity I worked so hard for my entire life. I have also walked away from the opportunity to possibly go out with a beautiful girl. Please do not misunderstand what I am trying to say as I write this. This is not me trying to be a ‘bro’ and talk about girls just for the sake of it. I have seen fear get into my head and become the reason to why I choose to not ask out a girl that I certainly had interests in. Those are just two very minor examples of how I have let fear take me away from my desires and I have recognized that it is because I can be very prideful in what I do.

            My question to you reading is what is your fear about? How has it held you back from your desires? Fear is a huge antagonist to the story of our lives and I think it is something we should seriously think about and not just let it trample over us and draw us away from the desires we week.