There is one thing that sometimes hinders someone from achieving their dreams or goals, which is Fear. It's a natural human emotion, much like happiness, sadness, or anger.
Personally, I usually classify fear into two types. Uncontrollable and controllable fears.
I define uncontrollable/ natural fear as the instinctive response to visible or real threats. This is when our brain responds or alerts us of harmful situations, it is a protective mechanism that our brain provides and we barely have control over them.
Conversely, I define controllable fear as the fear that is not based on visible or immediate threat. It mostly comes from perceived threats, situations that deal with uncertainty or risk, and sometimes fear from trauma and past experiences but these fears are in our control.
These fears can either propel us forward as motivation or impede our progress as hindrances, depending on how we perceive and manage them.
I have always loved passenger songs for the past few years. His smooth vocals and nice acoustic melodies create a good aura. I find most of his songs calm and I enjoy them, especially during relaxation or reflection.
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Recently, I was listening to one of his songs “Sacred to Fly” which was released in 2021. This song is one of my favorite passenger songs, the poignant lyrics of the song make it one of my favourite.
This song reminds us to let go of our fears and listen to our hearts. It tells us to pursue our dreams and goals because it doesn’t pay to allow our fear to stifle us of our dreams and goals.
Well nothing's gonna change while you're standing still
Nothing ever did, nothing ever will
The first two lines of this song always put a bit of challenge in me. Too often, we find ourselves paralyzed by fear, unable to move forward, unable to start or even continue. Yet, time marches on regardless.
For nothing begins while you're holding your breath
You're never gonna swim with a weight in your chest
It is a beautiful thing to let go of our fears because they are just oppressive weights that only weigh us down. Many of us don’t even realize what fear has taken from us, countless opportunities that we have lost because we were too scared to fly.
It is important to let go of fears to begin something, we can’t keep letting these fears bind us or limit us. We can’t bear to waste our time waiting for the perfect time, fear only pushes us to procrastination and laziness.
I love this song a lot because it always reminds me of what I might lose if I let fear control me. Instead, I use those fears as a motivation, to fuel myself. The fear of not attaining the future I desire will make me work harder to achieve it.
But if you close your eyes, you may see
And if you just let go you'll be free
It is high time we broke free from the clench of fears and FLY.
You can read the full lyrics here
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