Fear, then, is your compass, for it’s an omen guiding you onward and shining the light onto your true path of growth.īut what you must realize about this compass is that no one is devoid of fear. Sometimes its pull is stronger than before, but nevertheless, that fear is omnipresent. Whether that want is to capture a fish for dinner or to publish an article in public, beneath the surface, the underlying current of fear is ever-so-present. And resistance is what we all naturally experience as we strive toward what we truly want. If it means nothing to us, there’d be no Resistance.”įear is how resistance manifests.
The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. Fear senses the feeling of interest throbbing inside of you and so it rises straight up to meet you: Perhaps they were rooted in the fear that we are never enough, but I think it was just my lazy mind playing tricks on me to protect me from engaging in any activity that would breed further momentary discomfort.Īs Steven Pressfield explains in the War of Art, that’s precisely how the waves of fear and doubt arise. It was the sly voice of fear echoing louder only because I was at the cusp of doing something I truly cared about, something I was genuinely interested in-writing and sharing my work in public.īut when you stop to think about it, what sense would it have made for me to entertain those thoughts? None, for they held no merit. “Who’s going to read this, anyway? Why are you even bothering with it? Aren’t you afraid of what will happen when you can no longer sustain the quality and depth in your articles?” Last Sunday, when I sat down to draft up the 60th edition of my weekly newsletter, an odd voice swiftly rose in my head: And yet, it’s one emotion we aren’t as familiar with as we’d like to think. It’s just another difficult emotion we all feel and struggle with. When the shadow of fear creeps onto you, what kind of energy do you put out there? Do you hold your ground and lash at the fear? Or do you bow down to it paving the way for it to cripple you into inaction?įear is a universal experience it’s part of being alive. It taught me that the energy that I put out there-the confidence and courage I show in holding my ground-it’s going to communicate to the sharks what kind of animal I am.” This is mine!’ And the minute I did that, that shark took off.” And then I swam at that shark just to tell it: ‘Not today buddy-go get your own dinner. But I got my hands on my catch and just pulled it in towards me. Everything was bringing this shark much closer to me. “And I just swam faster towards my catch and pulled it in faster, closer to me. In Fishpeople, a short film by Patagonia that documents the stories of four people whose lives have been transformed by the sea, Kimi Werner shares the story of the day she finally confronted her fear of sharks.
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She grew up in an isolated part of coastal Maui, free diving with her father to search for their primary source of food. Kimi Werner is the United States National Spearfishing Champion. I was pulling in a nice fish that I was going to bring home for dinner when this big shark came up to take it.”
“One day, I just remember, something changed in me.
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