FEARLESS

FEARLESS

It is almost an impossibility not to be afraid, fear would always find a way of creeping into our minds sometimes, we may not be free from fear, but what we do with the fear is what matters most. One can have fears about the journey ahead, yet gets to the end of that journey; you may be battling with the fear of failing, but trying and doing it in spite is the most important thing.

Roy T. Bennett once said, "Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear." If there is nothing to fear, there would not be a reason to be courageous. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the facing of fear, it is the focus on your strength rather than your weakness; it is the sailing forward in spite of the storm.

The thing that has differentiated successful people from unsuccessful ones is their perspective of fear: successful people see fear as a challenge to be surmounted, unsuccessful people see fear as an obstruction to their progress; successful people see fear as a reason not to quit, unsuccessful people see fear as an excuse to quit.

Life does not reward cowardice, but it pays handsomely to the man who is brave and courageous. To quote Matshona Dhliwayo, "Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, but warriors wink at them." don't be a coward that shrinks, be a warrior that winks, face your fears heads on, they are just a mirage, be FEARLESS.

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John Kamikun

Author, "366 days of wisdom".