Irrational Fear Kills Our Soul

Irrational Fear

I wanted to write a little bit about fear and how it has negative and positive effects. The main thing I want to address, while bringing up the positives and negatives; is something I like to call irrational fear. Irrational fear is what fear usually presents itself as, it comes from way out in left field.

Growing up I always thought that fear was bad as a whole, but now that I've had some experience with living life I can see that fear has actually shaped a good portion of who I am today; in a positive way. Fear isn't always a bad thing, sometimes fear can compel us to do the most loving thing because we're scared of hurting someone or just scared of doing someone wrong. I want this writing to be pretty short and simple, at the same time I would love for people to share their thoughts with me so we can talk about this more in depth!

Positives

Like I said above, fear can compel us to do the most loving thing because we're scared of the worst that could happen if we don't lend a hand. That's because we all have a loving nature deep inside us that wants to see the best for people. To me that is extremely positive, we need love to be put back in this dark cold world! Fear can also be an outlet, what I mean by that is when we feel fear irrational or not it gives us a chance to open up to the people around us and voice how we feel. This not only helps us to let go of what's going on inside, but it gives the person or people listening a chance to show/share love by helping the one expressing what they're going through.

Fear can be a motivator! Imagine yourself thinking of wanting something done, lets say for example you want yourself not to be scared when giving a speech in front of people. So since you've had that fear inside you every time you spoke in front of a crowd, you've now gotten fed up with it and want a positive change within yourself (being a better speaker). That fear that once was controlling you is now being destroyed because you're motivated to make a positive change about yourself!

Those are just a few of my thoughts, now I want to switch the focus to the negatives. Something I struggle with today.

Irrational Fear, The Negative Side

As fear can have its positives, it can also have its negatives! Irrational fear, can make our lives miserable; if we let it, it can control us until the day we die. An example of irrational fear would be that you're scared to take your dog out on a walk, because you think there will be bears outside that will attack your dog even when you live in a place where bears don't even roam. So you decide to never take your dog out to get exercise and to enjoy the weather. This is obviously an extreme case but I don't doubt that their are some fears people have that are like this. These fears can come from anywhere, they can be random and they can even come up if you're just trying to make an important decision in your life.

Dwelling on these fears can make you stop growing into a better person because they will make you afraid to make one move. Plus irrational fear can just be annoying, always putting you under stress until you learn to just let go and move forward. I see this type of fear tare apart people in today's world, we can get so focused on the things that "could" happen so much that we never get around to doing the things we've been thinking about doing.

In Conclusion

A simple way to overcome fear no matter how it will or is effecting us, is by just stepping back in the moment to look at what is going on. Self evaluation is important, if we're open to looking at ourselves/our faults we most likely will do the best we can. I believe that if we want to live a life of overcoming and living without fear we need to be focused on giving love to others. Giving love not only takes our minds off of irrational fear, but it keeps us busy with doing something positive. And having a positive mindset is the key to moving forward in life.

Peace & Love