Fearful

Are you scared to try something new for fear of failure? What do you gain from not trying at all? The answer is nothing. If you try and fail, you might at least gain some insight into yourself and your strengths and weaknesses. You may meet new people. You may encounter new opportunities. Stretching yourself may even improve your confidence in your ability to meet new challenges. You may learn to persevere. You may become stronger and more self-reliant. At the very least, you may learn to handle failure gracefully. So, even if you completely and utterly fail at whatever you attempt, you should be able to glean something positive from the experience. Let me qualify this statement by saying that I'm obviously not talking about some lunatic's attempt to fly by jumping off a 20-story building. You get my point.



If your fear of engaging in a full life is debilitating then please find a wonderful therapist to help you out. Otherwise, use this day as an opportunity to try something new, big or small. Really stretch yourself. May you be pleasantly surprised with the joys of success you are bound to encounter. Remember, no one succeeds or fails all the time. Take what good you can from each experience and move on- farther than you would have ever gone had you not tried at all.