We may fear public speaking. “I might freeze—or be mocked on stage.” But if we let that fear stop us we’ll meet another fear: that our voice, our message, our gift may stay buried forever.

Trying and failing may hurt, but never trying at all— that may hurt much more.

When we face a tough choice, our mind often rushes toward the fear of one option. But frequently, the other option hides its own fear –which may come later, but may hurt greater.

When Arjuna feared fighting (Bhagavad Gita 1.43), Krishna revealed the fearsome cost of not fighting (Bhagavad Gita 3.24). That vision moved him to act, not because fear vanished, but because a greater purpose rose above it. We can’t always move away from fear, but we can move our focus away from a short-term, visible fear to a long-term, invisible yet more consequential fear. Then, rather than running away from what scares us, we will start marching to it and through it.

 

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