Take Action Anyways

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." - Mark Twain

With all the craziness in the world today, in our communities, our country, and the world, it’s clear to see that there is a lot going on and a lot we don't know, and this ignorance to all the information, creates anxiety and breeds fear. 

When we have limited information, or if we only consistently hear the negative side of the story, our doubts dominate us. Our fears can paralyze us, keeping us from taking constructive action or any action at all. If we only took the time to learn more, educate ourselves, and understand what we may not know, we would have the courage to change everything. 

The very act of gathering more and better information about a particular subject increases our courage and confidence in that area. You can see this in the parts of your life where you have no fear at all because you know what you are doing. You feel competent and completely capable of handling whatever happens. 

Each time we really stop to face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.  You must face your fears.  And the best way to overcome that is to find out more about what it is you fear.  Find the facts.  Find the details.  Find the positive within.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Nothing should be feared, it only needs to be better understood. The biggest mistake we can make is living in constant fear, is that we do nothing and let fear win.  We cannot control everything.  But we can control what we know, what we think, how we let that affect us, how we respond to it, and what we are willing to do about it.  

Remember, everyone is afraid of something. It is normal and natural to be concerned about your physical, emotional, and financial safety and that of the people you care about. A courageous person is not a person who is unafraid. A courageous person feels the fear, and takes action anyways.

Make today great!

Curtis

"Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will." - W. Clement Stone