Have you ever noticed yourself stepping back when you should have stepped up? I do it all the time. I am held back by the little lurking gremlins that whisper in the sub-basement of my mind where all of my favorite neurosis are stored. They linger there, waiting for the moment I need them the least. Just when I think that I have all my little ducks swimming in a row, and can finally feel confident that things will work the way that I wish them to, I am locked in place. Unable to move. Shackled. Held prisoner by the gremlins raised on my own fears.
For example, lets look at dating. If I see a comely young (or not young) lad, can I walk up to him and tell him? Not at all! I'll content myself with watching. If you never expose yourself to failure, in that you can be successful. But then you live a hollow life, filled only with "might have beens" and "if only's".
Each fear is a link in the chain. Each failure is a key, turning the lock.
How long is your chain?
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