the fear of failure will stunt your growth

it seems as though often times we avoid, with all power, starting or doing something we want so badly, only for the fear of starting it and then not getting it in the end.
so instead we let the fear hold us back from starting it and putting all of our heart energies into it, and then letting it happen as it may.

for me, in this instance, it is not being able to answer six in-depth questions as part of an application for a program that is literally one of my dream jobs manifested into my real life. i know the gist of my answers, i've even talked them over with a friend. i have done as much research on the company as possible and i have told many people that i am applying. i get excited talking about it and i know that i am qualified. i have an amazing reference from a current employee and have been told i would do a wonderful job.

all of this still has not helped me to overcome my fears that are hugely detrimental to my success.

i suppose it is because of all this, i can't quite handle the pressure of putting all of those feelings down on paper. what if it doesn't come out right? what if i could get my point across better somehow? what if, on paper, it looks like i am under-qualified? what if i don't make it past round one? all of my fears have frozen my fingers. i cannot seem to express my passions enough in these short answer text boxes.

it is a fear of failure that i hate to admit has control over multiple aspects of my current life.


ultimately, we must learn to trust the universe and then do the things we avoid doing.
most of the time these are such things that take us out of our comfort zone, and in turn are the things that grow our hearts and expand our minds.

there is no growth with out risk. and there is no opportunity with out ambition.

anything is possible. if we learn to master our own fear of failure.

all too often:

Too often we don't realize what we have until it's gone. Too often we're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong.' Too often it seems we hurt the ones closest to our hearts, and we let the most foolish things tear us apart

speak truth. share love. don't be afraid to admit that you were wrong. fight for what you believe your heart is telling you.
and love. just love.

[quote above provided by: ?] but, thankyou.

i love love.

what it comes down to is this: i love love.

you don't have to be in love to love love. or understand love. or appreciate love.
i have always and will always love love. no one can take that away from me.

it will always be there.
we see it in many different ways each day. sometimes we just choose not to see it. or we are too busy to see it. and sometimes we are too hung up on worrying about one love that we forget to understand the full capacity of the loving spirit that is all around us.

each and every one of us has been loved, probably more than we could ever really understand.
and each and every one of us has loved more than we could ever explain.
i suppose that sometimes that is the beauty of it.

but sometimes i think.. we aren't here very long and this life and this world we know are so very precious we should never take them for granted. we should never waste our words. we should never tell others untruths.
and we should also never hold back how we feel about the people in our lives. otherwise, it is wasted energy, wasted thought.
it doesn't matter the outcome, or the reciprocation, but only the intention. let that intention be positive. if the intention is positive, it shall never be received in a negative way. don't worry about reaction or response, just simply love with positive intention.

family. friends. pets. loved ones. crazy neighbors. long lost pals. secret lovers. whomever it may be, the capacity of the human heart to love is an immensely powerful thing. let that power make others feel special, let it encourage others to use their hearts kindly and with good intention. let your own heart love simply. it is good when one decides they deserve to give all the love in the world.

more people should love love.

the edge

oh, we are on the edge.
but not to fall over in to the depths of defeat, nor despair
but on the edge of something great.
the edge we have been inching toward our whole lives.