Take the leap of faith

OPTIONS BREED FEAR

In a world filled with alternatives, where options abound much more than you can ever imagine, fear lives rent free in too many minds. Today, there is an overload of everything, information, choices, and many others. The fear of making the wrong choices multiplies by the number of choices available to you, the more choices you have, the more the fear increases.

"More is not always merrier" Barry Schwartz said. When every door gleams with promise, your mind begins to spin, confusion climbs to a new level. You begin to wonder if you are on the right path, or you have left the golden road, the road that leads to El-Dorado. Fear blooms, not from scarcity, but from the terror of squandering a potentially glorious opportunity. The abundance of options don't just multiply our fears, they magnify our shadows, and turn our freedom into a gold coated cage.

However, fear is not your enemy, it is your edge, it is the raw signal of your being alive, swaying back and forth with your organs fully alert to your situation. If you have never been in that situation, if you have never been faced with the fear of not making wrong choices, you have never really pushed your limits, you have never stepped outside the box, you have only sat within the confines of your safe space, and nothing extraordinary will ever come from situations like that, you will never attempt anything beyond normal, and you will always remain small.

You are not better off with fewer options, your power lies not in eliminating options, but in taking advantage of them. Evaluate your options, and see which aligns best with your dreams and visions. Do not let the fear of going wrong hinder you from moving forward, rather let it sharpen your focus, and fuel your desire to reach your goal. Sometimes, the possibility of exponential success always seems like the vineyard of fear. Make the choice to move, fail if you must, but never stop moving. The world bends to those who move, not those who muse.

To a better you, Kamikun John.