In today’s environment, we are witnessing terrorism in public places, concerts, the random unreasonable shootings in public places, schools; our fear of the unknown is at the highest level. It’s so sad if we succumb to this. We will become prisoners of ourselves and the fear will deter us from enjoying our lives.
Fear of the unknown is akin to the fear of doing things out of our comfort zone. The fear of failure is always in our mind. Successful people take the risk but calculated risk. They do have an alternative plan if things do not work out. They manage to assess and learn from their mistakes which give them the motivation to do it all over again until they succeeded.
Lack of knowledge is also a contributing factor to our fear of the unknown and most often, the fear is unsubstantiated hence preventing them to experiment and take the risk, and progress will never be achieved.
Childhood tragedy, traumatic experiences and unhappy childhood are also amongst the reasons for our fear of the unknown. They would prefer to be on the safe side, scared of changes, and prefer stable and constant surroundings.
Fear of the unknown will deter us to tap our utmost potential. We won’t be able to explore our hidden talents. We should always remember that life itself is a gamble and be venturing into different avenues in life are at times worth fulfilling and satisfying and definitely one of the recipes for success.
Indeed, there are ways to overcome your fear. First and foremost is to analyse and comprehend your fear. Do research and gather facts. The worst thing is doing nothing and not knowing if it is worth a try, thus missing opportunities and the failure of the realisation of your dreams to come true. Another one is by doing it slowly, facing your fear one step at a time until you conquer your fear. You can also read inspiring books, talk to people, ask for the support of your families and friends.
The year 1977 when we decided to migrate to Australia. We had our doubts. Both of us had a good paying job, were financially stable, but we chose to migrate. Going to a country with no families and friends and with young children was a gamble. We had overcome our fear and we never looked back—the best decision we had made.
Regardless of how old you are, you can still face your fear. Learn new things, be adventurous. After all, life is too short to be doing nothing!
Excerpt from my book, My Innermost Thoughts
Fear of the unknown is one
Of the reasons we are reluctant
To do things out of our comfort zone
But once we decided to take risk
And have succeeded
The benefits are endless
Then we will never look back
However for those who have failed
At least we can learn from our mistakes
Thus inspiring us to do better next time around.
