Every day, we spend time planning and thinking about our future. We tend to dream of bizarre things and have those dreams on our mind again and again. We often imagine “what if, what if” circumstances, wishing some to come into reality. Some can be ambitious enough to envision themselves being in the list of the world’s popular celebrities. Some are pessimists and envision themselves as being forever alone. During lunch breaks, we talk about activities of tomorrows and next weeks with our friends. We do all these future-prospecting and more as we live and take another day. Part of grasping future is having fears. It’s normal. Everyone has fears. But those fears could make our future even more equivocal.
Before I sleep at night, I often think of what’s going to happen when I wake up. I always plan to do something exciting for the next day. At times, I find myself taking a pause, thinking twice if I should continue doing that ‘exciting’ matter or just forget it at all. That pause was brought by fear. I’m pretty sure that there’s a bunch of other people who have been in that kind of situation already and witnessed how furious fears could be. Fears limit what we want to do. They push us backwards as the world continues to move forward. They block us from having once-in-a-lifetime experiences. They take our aspirations, they steal our dreams. I guess fears could take away half of our life, not through curtailing the length of our living but by retrenching our chances to live life to the fullest.
Fear is unquestionably powerful. But fears couldn’t be victorious if we won’t let them overcome us. When I was watching the movie “Love Happens” starring Jennifer Anniston ang Aaron Eckheart, one line struck my mind. Aaron Eckheart, a book author in the movie, on one of his seminars, insisted: “Fear is a state of mind.” Awed by the line, I tried to think about it critically. I realized then that he was actually right; fear is only a state of mind. We are scared of the dark because we don’t know what’s in it. We think of horrifying creatures that would touch us and other crazy stuff. However if we actually try to relax our mind and believe that there is no unwanted creature that would appear, our fear could be gone. We are frightened to feel pain because we could hardly bear it. If we try to take a deep breath and believe that there is nothing that humans could not endure, we could actually surpass the pain. Moreover, we all know that pain is just temporary.
Take time to consider this – in this world, we extremely fear death because we think it is the worst thing that could happen to us. It is from this thought where all our fears start. We are scared of heights because we are afraid to fall down from a very high place, in such way we could possibly die. We are scared of deep oceans because we are afraid of drowning which can lead to death. We are frightened of many things because we are scared to die. But hey, if death is the worst thing that could occur, then there’s no reason for us to be terrified. Besides, it is something that we are all heading to. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying this to waste your life because we all are going to die anyway. I’m saying this to convince you that we cherish our lives by living to the fullest, and we live to the fullest by living fearlessly. I know you don’t want anything or anyone to ruin your future. Our future is in our hands, we should not let anyone interfere with it. So go ahead, watch the sun rise with a feeling of courage and hope.
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