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On the other side of fear is everything you need.
Sometimes we fear things because we feel we know how the outcome of those situations will make us feel. Think about it, we fear certain conversations because we’re scared of the response we may get from them. We fear phone calls to people we’ve been out of touch with. Life can be scary, but on the other side of that fear is the joy we all are looking for. Remember when we were kids and we were afraid of jumping in the pool, but soon after you finally jumped in and made it out safely you couldn’t think of doing anything else but jumping back in the pool? Why? Because that initial fear you felt of what would happen once you got in the water is now gone and you can live in the joy of that moment.
I had a little girl tell me that there is no room for fun in a life full of fear. There isn’t enough room for your dreams in a mind full of doubt. Be intentional with your life and get the most out of it. I made an intentional decision that I wouldn’t live my life to where I get to an old age and regret everything I did. I want to make sure that the stories I tell my kids and grandkids will last generations, not create trauma. I want to be a person my family can look at and feel “if he did it with everything he went through, then so can I”. Fear will not hold me back from what I desire because I know that on the other side of fear is the emotion I seek to have, but will never achieve with a lack of persistence.
How many opportunities have you run away from simply because of fear? Think about it, once we got older and out of our parent’s home we started fearing all the things they did for us. Just thinking about calling the doctor’s office for an appointment gives me the forehead sweats. That slight fear is still instilled in so many of us to this day.
My life consists of work, creative endeavors, calling family, and watching classic movies/shows throughout the day. One day I realized that I had gone a few months without calling my godmother who is a person I talk to on the regular and can vent to like she’s a peer of mine. Noticing that it’s been a while since we talked I began to slightly fear the next conversation we would have because I felt this long period of no communication would cause a problem. It’s similar to one of those situations where you and your spouse are mad at each other and you both want to talk to one another, but you’re both too stubborn to pick up the phone and call.
Life had gotten a little hard for me, I had found my peace, but then my ego began to start bringing me so much turmoil. I know my God mom would have the perfect answer for what I needed to do, on top of me knowing it deep down myself, I just needed someone credible to confirm it. Eventually, one day I got tired of running and called her. The conversations were so refreshing! Instead of it feeling like an angry person talking to someone who was in the wrong, she caught up with me and even helped me in the areas I was stuck in. What stopped this encounter from happening so much sooner, and maybe could’ve saved me some hassle in mental battles I faced was fear.
-KoryH