Tag: fear

How The Past Shapes Your Present

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Brown Mountains
Photo by Roberto Nickson

You cannot live in the past, but you can live your full life in the moment. You cannot create a new life in the past, but you can create a new life in the moment.

You cannot do your best in the past, but you can do your best in the moment. So stop living in the past. Stop thinking about yesterday. It is over. It is gone! It has no control over your life any more.

The only way to live your full life is to dig deeper into your inner life. And you can only do that in the moment, not in the past.

If you want to enjoy your life, you must focus on what you are doing right now. According to Paulo Coelho, “Past and future exists only in our memory. … It isn’t what you did in the past that will affect the present. It is what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.”

If you want to redeem yourself, you must pay attention to what you are doing right now. Now has the power to change your future.

You do your best work when you pay attention to what you are doing now. Do not worry about the past. Do not worry about your tomorrow. Because if you take care of today, the moment, the present, tomorrow will take care of itself.

Failure Is Escalated By Fear

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Yellow Flower Field Near Snow Covered Mountain
Photo by Taryn Elliott

Failure is escalated by fear. According to Michelle Obama, “Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result. It’s vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt and then is escalated, often deliberately, by fear.”

That is why you should grow your courage to move yourself forward. If you want to achieve greatness in your life, you must conquer your fear. Do not let fear stop you from doing your part. When it comes to your growth, you have a part to play. It takes courage to do that. And you must do it if you want to get better at what you do.

And to get better at what you do, to succeed, to do great things, to venture into the unknown, you must be willing to failure. You can acquire the courage to change your life, to face your fear. Are you willing to venture into the unknown?