When Courage Is At War With Fear

Fear says, ‘you are not responsible for your life.’ Courage says, ‘you are responsible for your life. You are responsible for your mistakes. You are responsible for where you are.’

Fear says, ‘when you mess up, blame other people. Courage says, ‘no.’ Courage says, ‘when you mess up, you are responsible for your mess. If you want it to change, you have got to stop blaming other people.’

Fear says, ‘Don’t worry about growth. You are okay where you are.’ But courage says, ‘no.’ Courage says, ‘growth happens when you move, when you have the courage to face your future, to do what is scary, to take risks, to do what is uncomfortable, not when you are stuck in one place.’

Fear says, ‘where you are right now, your comfort zone, is good for your growth.’ Courage says, ‘comfort zone is just comfort zone. When you are comfortable, you are not learning. When you are comfortable, you are not moving; you are just there. You are not stretching yourself. You are not adding value to your life. You are not growing through life. Instead, you are just going through life’

Courage says, ‘Do not be afraid to try what is new, what you do not know. Do not be afraid to challenge yourself, to change your mind, to challenge your assumptions. Because that is how you are going to grow.’

The question is, ‘Do you want to experience a new life?’

Living Your Life Means…

If you are living your life, you have nothing to worry about. But if you are not living your real life, if you are trying to fit in, if you are trying to be who you are not, if you are telling yourself lies, if you do not have the courage to express your authentic Self, you have everything to worry about.

Why is that? Because authenticity builds life. Lies destroy lives. When you are real, when you don’t fake your life, you are in a better position in your life. And you are in a better position to face what is coming, what you do not yet know.

Living your life means you are just you. You are not scared to express who you are. You are comfortable with yourself.

You are not living your life if you are still hiding your real self, if you are still thinking about what other people are thinking about you, if you do not have the courage to ask for what you want and need.

You are not. You are living your life when you are free to show the world who you really are, what you can do to change the world, when you are not afraid to speak your mind, when you are not pretending to be who you are not, when you are comfortable with yourself, when you are comfortable talking about your weaknesses, when you take your life seriously, and when you are who you are, no matter where you are.

Living your life means doing what other people are afraid to do. It means you are living your real life, not faking anything. Living your real life mean you know what you do not know. It means you are willing to make things better, no matter what.

In order to do it really well, to live your real life, you have got to believe in yourself. You have got to have a solid foundation. You have got to love your life, no matter what is going on within you. Because self-love is everything. When you love yourself, you can bear anything in life. You can handle anything in life.

The question is, ‘Do you have the courage to live your life?’