There are a couple of things that happen to me when faced with the unknown... excitement and sheer terror! If I'm honest... the terror often seems to get the stronger hand! Heading off into the unknown, jumping off the cliff, soaring into the sunset... call it what you will... There is an uncertainty in that... not knowing what is coming. Not knowing how I will handle things. Wondering if I actually CAN handle things... There's also an excitement... the quest of the explorer... heading off into new, uncharted territory... Excitement for the new... excitement for something beyond what I've known. Wondering what's around the next corner... wondering what amazing, new things will be discovered...
The difference between excitement and fear is huge... and paper thin... It's huge because where each of them takes me is... well... totally different places! Fear takes me to one place... Excitement takes me to a totally different place... And the end point difference is huge... The difference between fear and excitement is also paper thin... because at the beginning, I can make the choice to shift from one to the other... and very quickly and very easily... Catch it at the pass... and it's a snap to shift from fear to excitement... And move forward from there.
But again, I have to make the choice to shift. And the shifting occurs in my thoughts, in my conversation, in how I hold the experience or the event. My choice... I can see it as exciting or terrifying... I can shift from one to the other... Or choose to wallow in fear!!
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