'Courage' is not the absence of 'Fear', but a decision that something else is more important than 'Fear'

'Courage' is not the absence of 'Fear', but a decision that something else is more important than 'Fear'. This is my all time favourite inspirational line. Whenever my mind dwells into tons of thoughts and take me into a journey of present vs. future, I tend to repeat this in my mind. It always brings me back to the most conscious state where I try to make the sense out of the most. Things that we want as human beings, sometimes materialistic, sometimes at spiritual level, we all do fear of failure. I may be lying if I say that I do not fear of failures. I do, but then the moment of truth comes into play when one needs to make the choice. Whether I should go with the flow of events happening or whether I will make the most sensible decision even in such trying times and keep my faith & hope alive for the best.

 

I may admit that it is certainly a tough situation to be in and more often than not, many people just go with the flow, feeling all helpless. But again, they have simply made that choice to remain helpless.  When things go out of control, the most alert of minds, the most intelligent of souls do shake up, but the difference between them and the ones who choose to remain without hope is that the alert minds regain their senses as quickly as possible. This is what it is called to 'coming to terms with life' and then making our choice and doing our own bit. The challenge in reality is not to fail or succeed, but the actual challenge is to pass that phase of 'being fearful' and yet not giving up. I am already a winner when I choose to not give up and yet keep trying without any fear of failure. At least, at the end of journey, I will be completely satisfied that I tried and gave my best shot irrespective of the outcome. Sometimes it is just wise to ignore the fear for the moment and choose to have faith. It worked, it works and it will always work.

 

Have faith!

 

Jini