What prevents us from helping others and providing opportunities for the youth of today can be narrowed down from a dissertation length of excuses to the four letters f-e-a-r. We are either afraid of commitment, not having the talent, not knowing what to say or how you might relate to people much younger than you or maybe for some other reason. We must push past our fears realizing that we might be the answer to a child's fears through providing an opportunity for them to have a mentor, an opportunity for a better life or they might find someone that can inspire them to move past all their insecurities to become the next great inventor, next great research scientist or the next great teacher that influences the next generation. But what really is fear?
The Cybersalt Digest put it well when it gave the following illustration:
"What's Wrong Now?"My friend, an ex-Marine Aviator wanted to show off his new twin-engine plane. I was riding alon
g as he put it through its paces. Suddenly, we were caught in a violent thunderstorm, with lightning crashing all around us.
Next, we lost the radio and most of the instruments.
As we were being tossed around in the sky, George said, "Uh-oh!" Fearing the worst, I asked, "What's wrong now?"
George replied, "I got the hiccups. Do something to scare me."
Don't let fear stand in the way of you doing what you know that you need to do! Knowing and not doing is worse than not knowing and not doing....
Remember:
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
Author Unknown
Nothing in life is to be feared it is only to be understood.Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
g as he put it through its paces. Suddenly, we were caught in a violent thunderstorm, with lightning crashing all around us.
Next, we lost the radio and most of the instruments.
As we were being tossed around in the sky, George said, "Uh-oh!" Fearing the worst, I asked, "What's wrong now?"
George replied, "I got the hiccups. Do something to scare me."
Don't let fear stand in the way of you doing what you know that you need to do! Knowing and not doing is worse than not knowing and not doing....
