Saw a video today of Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali talking about fear. The video might have been AI, but I wanted to think on fear. Through out life I’ve asked myself what am I afraid of and it’s not to brag that I fear nothing. For me the question is one of preparedness, fear is a weakness that can be exploited and I want to strengthen any weak points. I don’t have any well defined fears as my thinking has always been there’s nothing to fear, the worst that can happen is death. Some may argue there are worse fates than death such as pain and exploiting loved ones. Those aren’t problems if the individual disconnected the mind from reality. I have nothing, so nothing can be taken from me except my life. With Jesus, I don’t even have to worry about my life. To run towards gun fire, I disconnect, I’m just running like on a treadmill and the bullets are no different than dust in the air. Social anxiety is something I deal with, the thought of a simple conversation makes me sick in the stomach. I overcome public speaking the same way as any, disconnect and believe there’s no difference between talking alone or in front of a crowd, and I’ve been able to perform in front of groups as large as a couple hundred people. Fear still finds ways to creep into life like being afraid for my daughters. Again, my reaction is fight over flight, that I must put in safety nets to prevent my fears from manifesting.
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