Thursday, December 07, 2006

Gotta have faith

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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure"

I was expose to this poem in high school, but I was re-exposed during my process. Then, it was real to me. This poem calls us out. We allow fear to paralyze us and keep us from completing task we are well able to conquer. We allow the what ifs of to take complete control. What will people think? What if it doesn't work? F E A R is False Evidence Appearing Real and I have to stop buying into the illusion. I am a logical and strategic person, so if either is shakey...I'm out.

I remember singing in this group. The note wasn't very high, but it was a note I never had to hit before, so I didn't put much effort into singing it. I was off key and everything and I preferred to stay right there, because I was afraid to try and possibly sound a mess. The director stepped in my face and said you can hit this note. I debated with him about me hitting it. "I don't want to sound stupid." His rebutle "you already sound stupid". I was kinda shocked, but I just stop singing. In that moment, I allowed fear to cripple me. I have to excercise some faith. I need to take a risk from time to time. If I don't, I will stay at this job, my social circle will be non-existent ( I recently moved), and my personal growth will suffer.

Faith to reach the unreachable
Faith to fight the unbeatable
Faith to remove the unmovable
Faith that stands the invincible
Faith that can conquer anything

Faith that sees the invincible
Faith that expects the incredible
Faith that can conquer anything



1 comment:

fuzzy said...

I have never thought of fear like that. interesting