"Don’t Let Fear Stop You"

Sometimes, we don’t know the right thing to do. We each have our methods for trying to find out. Some wait, some think, some talk, some get in touch with their feelings, some pray, some consult oracles, some consult their mothers. There are a lot of possibilities. Sometimes the answer comes quickly and clearly, sometimes not.

Many people who consider divorce spend a long time pondering the right thing to do, because they really don’t know what’s right. Should I be letting go or should I be trying harder? Sometimes it’s right to ponder.

But, then, there are other times when we really DO know, deep in our hearts, just what we should do. At those times we need the courage to go ahead and do it. These are the moments when the problem isn’t indecision; the problem is fear. We know what’s right; we know what to do; we’re just scared of what could go wrong.

These are the times for Nike’s, "Just do it," and T-shirts that say, "No fear."

These are times to trust what we know to be right. And trust that our path will take us where we need to go. Perhaps the things we fear won’t even happen. Or, perhaps we will triumph over the things we fear. Or, perhaps, in dealing with our fears, we may come to know a deeper, more ultimate truth — one that we might have never found any other way.