Overcoming the Fear

Doubt, fear, hesitation, call it what you want, but it exists in everyone. Some are just far better at pushing and keeping it in those dark spaces. In others, it talks much louder. But it can also come down to how loud you allow it to be. That’s right – how loud you allow it. We all want to pretend we’re victims of our own thoughts, when in reality we can truly control how we think and feel. As with anything, this may require far more work for some people than others. It might require mindfulness or other meditation, it might require any number of strategies. It might require a lot of practice or almost none at all. But the fact is, barring some true psychological issue stemming from a physiological abnormality (some sort of chemical imbalance which can only be treated via medical intervention), we have control over our thoughts and actions. Again, people don’t want to believe it, because it means that it is our fault that we exist in our current condition. And undoubtedly, we are all products of our environment to an extent. We can never truly separate the nature and nurture. However, we can do our damndest to maximize our situation.