Today, in first period, we had Mrs. Nelson, the english III teacher come into our class and do a workshop on essay planning. The faux prompt, which was to define "fear" was very typical in my opinion, but it was of course simply for demonstration. Anyways, we got to talking about fear as the emotions you get and the physical and mental response fear creates, such as in skydiving. And of course, being as introspective as i tend to be, i created a scenario in my head and thought to myself, "What about the parachute? What if it doesn't work?" I thought about going skydiving with a person who i won't name who is very close to me, and experiencing going on with a working parachute, and watching as this loved one plummets to ground with a malfunctioning chute to their death. It made me very morose in thought. But also, fear pushes us.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt said the all famous quote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." No one really "fears" fear, rather they have this subconcious thought of, "the risks are too high, i don't think i'm going to do that." And when they say and decide things like this, they are potentially missing out on an experience that they could of readily enjoyed. At the same time, extreme sports like sky diving could result in death. Are we really willing to take the risks? Is the only thing we have to fear fear itself because we have a fear that is waiting at our backs?
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Essentially, i'm wondering: Would you rather go skydiving now and potentially get injured or die due to a parachute malfunction? Or, would you plan on doing it later in life? If you waited till you were older because you feared the risk of death earlier in life and wanted to get older before you tried something life risking like skydiving, don't you realize the potential factors that could cause you never experiencing what you were planning on experiencing? Between the time you decide to go skydiving when your older, and that day, you could die. You could lose an appendage. You could become married to a control freak who doesn't actually love anything but your money and says absolutely not. Any of the above. So tell me, would you rather endure that and REGRET not taking the chance? Or would you rather take the potential risk in death or serious injury and expierence the exciting. Everyone will fear the unknown, the inability to see the future, to predict tragedy. Christian's like i will equally believe our time is our time. It's all up to choice. But i believe that if it was me, i would rather take the sky diving chance. Whatever your motivation for doing something, like skydiving, or asking a girl out, or tell someone how you really feel, or performing a musical solo, just taking a chance in your life, i promise that in the long run, you will NEVER regret doing it. It is the risks we take, and the times when we dare to dream and to act on those dreams that make us.
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"Life is the human mind's conquest against itself."
-Me, just now.
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With that being said, i believe that if you see an oppurtunity you could potentially benefit from, whether it be emotionally or physically in any shape or form, you should take it. Fear is an intense and strong emotion. But it is also one that can be beaten. Fear is a creature that can restrain us, and a force constantly pushing at our backs to move forward. Never will come sooner or later. Death is the debt that all men pay. You cannot wait to move forward with life and take the chances that will make you be able to say on your deathbed, "i did what i believed i could do, but fear believed i could not. It's pessimism nearly influenced me to the point of insanity, but i perservered, and found it to be a devious as that control freak i married who didn't actually love anything but my money."
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Some of these thoughts may be a little farfetched, sure. But it all comes down to one thing.
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every second counts.
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