There's a guy named Earl on YouTube, (his account name is 'bikemessenger7') and in one of his videos, he was discussing how fear is a dream killer. He got some good responses, including one I believe from, 'conferencereport'. Anyway, the concept of the fear of losing holding individuals back from succeeding is definately a common thing nowadays. Well, in fact, it's been a constant issue with mankind.
I've experienced it on countless occassions, and I'm sure you as a reader have too. It's nothing that's out of the ordinary, and most of the time, we blow our fear way out of proportion and end up fearing something that hasn't even begun yet. The fact is, we don't want to face rejection or failure. We don't want to not get something that we really desire. So we as humans seem to enter/use this weird defense phase/mechanisim to protect ourselves from getting hurt or from failing. And that phase/mechanisim is to simply not try at all, because we're afraid.
It's hard to believe that we desire that thing so much, or that we want to succeed so badly, that we're willing to not even try to obtain it and make our dreams a reality.
So very, very true. In some aspects of my life (like writing), I've definitely made my dreams a reality, but in others (like relationships) I fall right into the pattern you describe.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know what you mean, Darryl. I've felt the same way too. Although, I've been trying to tell myself that what's the worst that could happen? I'll be no better for not trying, and some good might possibly come out of doing so, so why not?
ReplyDeleteAnyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new, as Albert Einstein once said.