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Originally Posted by Alura  Too often, I think, we hesitate in the face of fear when the "better part of valor" (and perhaps fonder future memories) would encourage us to claim opportunities as our own.
In your life, what (if anything) have you denied only to find at a later date you wished you had gone for?
Mr. Alura |
I immediately thought back to my childhood when reading this.
All through school I was quiet. I didn't speak up in class for fear of having the wrong answer or saying something that would sound stupid. I wished I would have said what was on my mind.
In gradeschool - a parochial school - I was especially fearful of speaking up because I saw so many mean boys who would say and do horrible things to other students. I can remember wanting to defend those who were being terribly treated by these boys. I wish I had said something, and even more than speak up, I would have loved to swing a fist at them. It would have been well worth the broken hand I would have no doubt walked away with, and had I been expelled it would have been a bonus because I'd have gotten out of that hell hole.
Overcoming fear has such rewards. Thankfully I feel I've done that. There really aren't fears that encumber me anymore.
LM