When It Starts

When you start out something new, it can be scary.  Even thinking about starting something new can be really scary.  The fear of the unknown has paralyzed many from venturing off the beaten path.

This is normal though.  There’s not something wrong with you for feeling this way.  We have fears we have inhibitions often.  That is a normal part of life.

The popular quote about courage not being the absence of fear but rather feeling fear and choosing to still move forward.  That is the essence of courage.  To see the unknown road, to realize that there may be twists and turns that we know nothing about, that there might be things that jump out at us, that try to drag us down along the way, but we can get through them.

It’s easy to focus on all the “what ifs” I’m bad about this.  I often think of everything that can possibly go wrong.  But you know what?  So what.  So what if if things go wrong.  So what if things come crashing down around you, you will get through those circumstances when they arrive.  The challenges and fears we face build us into stronger images of ourselves.  So keep going and have courage, you can do this.