What You Fear, You Face
I’m of the opinion that human life is all about fear. That’s why we’re here. Everything you do, everything you experience comes from a fear you have.
Human life is defined by fear, and the challenge is to figure out how not to be controlled by it. So whatever it is you’re fearing, whatever idea you have deep down about not being good enough, you’re going to see that emerging just like the symptoms of a disease.
Whatever fear you have, that’s going to be flaring up in your life and it’s going to look like an external thing – such as other people doing things to you and life not going your way. But it’s really coming from a fundamental fear you have. And I don’t think that humans are accidents, I think there’s a very specific deliberate reason why we take on this form and this much bigger plan that we’re part of.
I think the reason why humans are here – why you took on a human form – is to learn how to deal with fear, and learn not to let it control you.
I know that’s a little spacey, but regardless of whether you believe that or not, you will see what I’m talking about all the time. Whatever deep fears you have are going to be flaring up and it’s basically your life mission to figure out how to deal with that.
We are all kind of already dealing with that. We’re lying to ourselves to prevent cognitive dissonance.
But that’s letting fear corral you and determine what you do. The healthy way to deal with it is to not let it control you. To be honest and face it. The goal is to understand exactly where it’s coming from and still do the thing you’re scared of.
For some people it’s sky diving. Like for me, I’m not really afraid to do that, I just don’t think it’s a good idea. For other people it happens to be women. Whatever it is you fear, when you do face it, it’s exhilarating.
