Fear can make you do and not do some crazy things. Fear can present itself in visible and invisible ways. My daughter fears my little dolls I have around the house. I’m not sure why, but maybe she thinks they’ll come to life and…and what? Play with her? I fear …well I actually do better with fear these days. Now that I’m older, I don’t fear the dark as much. But please don’t test that with making me walk to the mailbox at night. And as for fearing I won’t pay something and get charged a late fee…whatever. I can forget things. But to combat that fear, I try to be more organized. And what about fearing for your kid’s safety? I try to let that one go, too. Me fearing something is going to happen will certainly not make it not happen, and do little to what if it did happen.
Fear is a liar. It takes your imagination and puts stink all over it. 
It puts you in bondage. It paralyzes. Takes perfectly good intentions and cuts off the oxygen to them. It holds us hostage from perhaps living the perfect life that makes us happy to wake up every morning. Fearing the unknown is silly. A time waster. A mirage. Feed the fear, and you starve your chances. Your sanity. Your peace of mind. Who wanted that guy here, anyway? Why does it even exist?
Why do we even like to watch fearful things? I like to think I watch suspenseful movies, but is that just what I’m packaging fear to be? Suspense? Am I not running laps with my pulse as I wait to see if the killer knows she’s in the house? Give me a Nicholas Sparks film over suspense, any day. 
I guess a healthy dose of fear isn’t bad. Fearing the boss’ reaction if you’re late again to work. Fearing you’ll never do the thing you told 20 people you were going to do 10 years ago. And yet you’re still there. At the same job. Doing nothing to grow.
Yeah, I guess fear even has a place at the table. But keeping it in check is key. If fear is holding you back, kick it to the curb. It’s lying to you to keep you just where it wants you to be. In the comfort zone of not growing. But if fear is what you see before taking that leap off into the wide blue, blow it a kiss good-bye.
I did a thing today. I looked at fear and laughed. I said, ‘bring it on’. And I guess I’ll tell you the results when I find them out myself. But boy did it feel good!
