Of new templates and fears
I have shifted through three templates over the period of one month. I am not completely satisfied with my current one either..but for now, this will suffice. Let's see how long it will take me to get bored of this one..
Yesterday, I had quite a conversation with my friends. I am still thinking about it.What does one do to confront one's fears? More importantly, do all fears need to be confronted? Can't one lead one's life and still be afraid of a few things? People generally think that being fearful of rejection and thus not going ahead and doing something is a sign of weakness. I think it is logical that once you have been burnt you will not put your hand in the fire. Fear should not be always perceived as bad. Sometimes fear of failure spurs us to do many things which might not be possible normally. But, sometimes the fear pushes one into a corner where one is unable to think clearly or piece together coherent thoughts. When we accept the positive side of fear, why not accept its negative either...
Yesterday, I had quite a conversation with my friends. I am still thinking about it.What does one do to confront one's fears? More importantly, do all fears need to be confronted? Can't one lead one's life and still be afraid of a few things? People generally think that being fearful of rejection and thus not going ahead and doing something is a sign of weakness. I think it is logical that once you have been burnt you will not put your hand in the fire. Fear should not be always perceived as bad. Sometimes fear of failure spurs us to do many things which might not be possible normally. But, sometimes the fear pushes one into a corner where one is unable to think clearly or piece together coherent thoughts. When we accept the positive side of fear, why not accept its negative either...
5 comments:
When u have burnt the finger once, why think of it as a fear to do it the next time? it can also be called experience... Maybe, the fear factor is a part of the experience, and i totally second u on that...
Fear is an essential part of life whether we like it or not. Accepting your fears is certainly a major step in achieving a better (by what standards, I dont know) life. But certainly lesser fears would mean lesser time spent contemplating over them. The irony is that more than any particular fear, the fear of fears is the one that dosent let us accept them.
The new look is good... and so is the title.
~A
@divya
Call it whatever you may, but I feel the underlying thought in not doing something out of experience is fear of the same bad situation repeating again..I guess it depends on the individual again on what they name it..
@anshul
Fear does not necessarily mean that one sits and thinks about it day after day. I am terrified of heights but that doesn't stop me from flying nor do I stay awake every night thinking about it. But yes, you are absolutely right about the fear of fears. I guess, one should work towards a middle path rather than elimination of fear or succumbing to it..
update?
I am not sure if the current template is what u were referring to...but this template is v.good IMO.
As for fear, at least speaking for fears i have, in a moment of introspection seems nothing but stupidity. for eg, fear of future...will i get this school, that job, etc. They stem from the fact that what if i don't get them and that is where the fear starts. As long as I am goin to attach my happiness to external things, I cannot but exist without fear. Knowing this itself liberates one from fear. [Not sure if i made any sense :)]
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