Fear is the key?
Recently, I received a gift from someone dear to me. The gift is a book called ‘Empower Your Fear’. My first thought upon seeing the title was why should someone empower their fear ? I believe that the joy of overcoming your fear to achieve something that you did not believe was possible, is empowerment in true sense .So where and how does empowering your fear feature in the scheme of things ? Curious, I began to read . I am a person who is the not-so-proud owner of a bunch of fears. Call it autism or what you will, but this laundry list has, over the years , on multiple occasions , hijacked the will to make the most of some really cool opportunities . A powerful driving force, fear as a primal instinct has aided the evolution of humanity , yet , like everything else, too much of fear is an impediment to personal growth . There was a line of thought in the book that got my attention - ‘Let the fear in’. It got me thinking about my response to situations that I perceive with fear - I