Courage Conquers Fear

Relative to the whole scheme of things, your life
span could be compared to lighting a candle and
immediately blowing it out. In other words, life
is short - very short. Missing out on any of the
joys life offers is a tragedy.

If your life is being controlled by your fears,
you are most certainly cheating yourself.

Courage is the mental muscle that conquers fear.
Like all muscles, the more you use them the stronger
they become. Courage is not something you are born with,
it must be developed. Individuals who fail to develop
courage, remain confined in mental prisons and face
each day as mental lightweights.

It has been said if you face the thing you fear, fear leaves you.

For years I believed that courageous individuals had no fear.
I was wrong. Eddie Richenbacher put it very well when he said,
"There is no courage without fear." We all have fear, however,
not everyone becomes subservientto their fears.

There is, very likely, something you have wanted to do for
years - move to another city, start your own business, apply
for that better position, go after the big account. Whatever
it is you should do it. Remember, life is not a practice run.
This is it. A little courage leads to more.

Observe those poor souls who are without courage. They merely
tiptoe through life hoping they make it safely to death.

You and I were never meant to live that way. Learn to live
the way youlike by no longer living as you dislike. Forge
into the remainder of your day with an abundance of courage.
That's living!

Bob Proctor
Speaker and Author