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Post by robini123 on Dec 17, 2012 2:57:14 GMT -5
Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Easier said than done, but I do believe in periodically leaving my comfort zone and pushing my boundaries testing my limits. The largest obstacle I have faced with shyness is my fear. I have in the past faced paralyzing fear... heck at times even the thought of facing a fear left me a nervous wreck. But to overcome my shyness I knew I would one day have to face my fears or forever remain a slave to them.
So fight your fears. View every painful step forward as a major victory... because it is! If you are looking for the softer easier way to overcome shyness... forget about it, because if there were a simple solution then none of us would be here.To overcome fear we must face our fear. For those who do this it will probably be one of the hardest and terrifying things you will ever do in your life... but the relief to finally be free of the suffocating shackles of fear is something that I just could not put into words.
Am I fear free today? No, but everyone has fears... its just that most do not let their fear run and ruin their life. Instead they deal with their fear, adapt, and overcome.
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Post by jwn57030 on Dec 20, 2012 0:27:07 GMT -5
Completely agree. There have been some things in my life that I was initially very fearrful and nervous to do, but once I finally decided to act my life was so much better. After you are able to do something in spite of your fear, it gets easier and easier the more you do it. I should also say that I have been lucky enough to have friends that pushed me in social situations to do things I would have not done by myself because I was to scared. I greatly thank them for pushing me and showing me that some things that I had in my head as scary was not really that big of a deal.
Since you gave a quote, I'll give my favorite quote on fear as well: "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it." —Mark Twain
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Post by robini123 on Dec 20, 2012 1:03:46 GMT -5
Completely agree. There have been some things in my life that I was initially very fearrful and nervous to do, but once I finally decided to act my life was so much better. After you are able to do something in spite of your fear, it gets easier and easier the more you do it. I should also say that I have been lucky enough to have friends that pushed me in social situations to do things I would have not done by myself because I was to scared. I greatly thank them for pushing me and showing me that some things that I had in my head as scary was not really that big of a deal. Since you gave a quote, I'll give my favorite quote on fear as well: "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it." —Mark Twain Well said, and great quote!
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Post by jwn57030 on Dec 21, 2012 18:42:21 GMT -5
Thank You!!!
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