When I think of courage, the first thing that came to mind is the image of the hero or the prince charming in Disney movies saving his beloved, from the monster or the dark witch, acting life a fool in front of all the challenges and obstacles thrown his way.
Although this might sound like a fantasy, it has lots of truth , the monster is a depiction of fear, while the hero, is the courageous self once liberated from his paralysing fear and the princess can be a desired goal or outcome.
learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
Courage for me, represents the ability to step outside my comfort zone, and confront my fear, the fear of the unknown, of loosing security & stability, the fear of judgment for being different, or for not abiding and conforming to the norm.
It can be applicable to any situation in life, to a Job, a decision, a relationship …etc. Once one is crippled in fear, he let go of his powers, of the leadership of his life, and takes the passenger seat. Instead of setting goals and taking actions, he embodies the passive role and wait for people, organisations, destiny to consider him in their plans.
This realisation although obvious and logical, yet it took me by surprise when I was reflecting on some challenges I was facing at work in the past two weeks, and it shed light on how I was letting go of my role as active catalyst in life and instead of taking the leadership I chose to take the back seat because of the uncertainty of what might happen next.
So what does it take to be brave, to conquer the fear barrier, and own your life? it does take Courage, Faith, Trust in your abilities and in the divine support.
I guess to make things easier on you and me, we should ask ourselves, which one is stronger? the fear of taking the leap of faith? or the fear of what could happen if we do?. what would happen if we fail?, and what living with the feeling of a missed opportunity: to freedom, to a better job, to a better life, to a lifetime of happiness and success?
Life is meant to be lived, and we, as spiritual beings having this human experience, are meant, to explore the unlimited possibilities available to us, to take risks, to fail, pick ourselves up, learn and move on to the next adventure, to succeed, rejoice and celebrate. We are not supposed to have a stagnant life lacking purpose and drive, a dull life with no passion to keep us bright and joyful.
We were unfortunately conditioned to be perfect, and were given a boring road map to how a successful life should look like, but as we are entering the Aquarian age , the age of expansion of the collective consciousness, of awakening and of truth, it is our duty to start leading by example, to show our next generation a new way of being, away from the old paradigms & limiting beliefs that was bestowed upon us, Instead, we should guide them to embrace the magic of life and to look at it with an eye full of wonder and curiosity, just like the child that we were once.
Be the light!
