What if fear rules?

Well, we all have one fear or another about something. I remember the fear i had about the first post i did in a forum of intellectuals... what if they though i was an idiot and proceeded to tell me, how would i take that, how would my ego react? I pondered whether i should submit the post that i had spent much too long forming, editing and re-editing it to perfection... in the end i held my breath and hit the submit button and prayed they would be kind.

So what happened in the end?... nothing much, i was treated like anybody else and my confidence grew with every post and i really enjoyed the process.

Then one day i branched out on my first personal blog and the same fear crept in again, but i challenged it the same way and now i embark upon this new adventure and the same fear raises its ugly head again but it gets less and less with every repetition.

So why do i do this?... therapy probably or perhaps, I'll get lucky and be rewarded in attracting greater, wiser minds/souls to help me on my way or just help me to look at things differently... that will be reward enough. But who knows, maybe I'll even manage to help someone else... now, isn't that the best reward anyone could ask for?... along with a bit of Adsense revenue too;)

So onward I go, for doesn't therein lie the value of "Action" .. take that first step down that new road and we will be well on our way to a new adventure... No, we don't know where it will lead us to, that is the whole point isn't it?... there is no adventure or a whole lot of learning walking the same path, doing the same stuff over and over again after you have mastered whatever it is you are trying to master.

Where is the value in seeking to look wonderful just because we have perfected some disciplines, talents, skills etc... does a painter spend the rest of their life painting the same picture, a musician perfecting the one song, a blogger perfecting one post?... No they don't and nor should we, methinks.

Where is the value spending the rest of our lives just repeating the same things over and over in order to show ourselves off to rapturous applause, to bask in fleeting admiration or just to be perceived to be 'so confident'... 'so cool'.

Where is the value in collecting assets, if we have to spend the rest of our lives doing mundane repetitive tasks in order to just maintain our collection and have time for nothing else.

Where do these assets go when we die? What do we take with us in our never ending adventure?... i think we take our experiences and their vibrational influences on us... we take our wisdom... wisdom comes from our experiences, not from reading a book, getting a degree or watching TV... For sure, knowledge accelerates our learning but putting the knowledge into "Action" gives us the experiences which then stay with us forever.

What do we do in the sunset of our lives?... we remember the important, happy events of our lives, we continuously play back these movies... so my advice is make sure your movies are full length feature movies and not just promotional trailers!

No there is nothing wrong with being comfortable, clever, rich or having our toys to play with, but we mustn't become a slave to them and we shouldn't waste our life building an image of ourself which is tethered to our material gains, academic status or other peoples evaluation.

Yes, some things do require regular repetition to keep us healthy and strong, like brushing our teeth, breathing, exercising, maintaining positive thoughts and images in our mind .. and yes we have got to make a living, so some degree of repetition is required to survive but leave time for new adventures, for learning and for new experiences .. don't stand still in the comfort of doing the same old thing, for don't old things invite decay?.. and don't let fear of the new keep you frozen still because you will just end up a very well preserved empty vessel!

So if i let fear rule i would never have had this adventure and many more in my life and i would have been so poor for it.