The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
– Nelson Mandela
Let's talk about FEAR
The beauty of this prompt ;
What are your worst fears?
Is; I conquered a fear of writing about it in the first place.
Journey with me as I take you around the fears I have in life.
Losing more of my loved ones in death 💔💔
I've been taught not to speak of death or pronounce death as there is power in the tongue, but I will face it.
Death is inevitable, and more of my loved ones will eventually leave this earth, how sad!
It could even be me, to leave my loved ones behind as life is full of uncertainties, most times I stare at my loved ones whenever I am with them and wonder, what if they never wake up tomorrow, or they leave home and never return or what if this is the last time I'll ever get to be with them.
I often cry in my alone time wishing I could see the future. Especially when I look my mom in the eyes, I wonder how I would cope if she's no more.
Losing my dad was the scariest moment in my life Permit me to sob for a moment, cause I never get out of that feeling no matter how hard I try.
Well, life goes on and I just have to face it, one day, someday we'll eventually leave this cruel world, I only pray to fulfill my dreams before that day comes and I pray my loved ones to e longer than expected.
Fear of poverty.
Ha!! Poverty is truly a disease, it makes a man worthless and miserable.
I fear poverty more than any other thing aside from death. That's why every day I wake up I reaffirm myself that "I will be financially successful" and then I double hustle too.
Poverty steals a man's happiness, freedom, ego, and sometimes fundamental human rights.
When a person is sick and rushed to the hospital if he doesn't have something to deposit, he'd not be attended to, how about the shits one has to take because he is poor.
I fear not being financially successful and somehow this also connects with the fear I have of making wrong decisions that could alter my life, (choosing the wrong life partner) this could lead to disaster in that, it steals the peace of mind, a wrong life partner is like a death sentence, one lives in agony for the rest of their lives or even hinders one from pursuing their goals and dreams (loss of purpose in life) and then I have the fear of taking a risk and even the fear of not taking risks😹😹, I hope you understand.
But then this quote comes to mind:
You gain strength, courage, and confidence from every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face if you have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Let me save the rest for another day. 🙊🙊 Image
If I sit here to list my fears, you might end up dozing off😹😹😹 but come closer and let me quickly whisper these salient fears too, "fear of injections, thunder, and lightning," if you didn't hear me well, please forget about it😝😝.
Thanks for reading, keep safe👋