What Do You Most Fear?

Being through absolutely everything in life, I have come to dismiss almost all my fears.

Two remain, both new and never felt before.

The first would be the fear of death. I used to never feel like death could be scary at all. I felt that I was invincible. That I would live forever. That slowly changed, as I quickly watched how i could fall down a forty foot cliff. One wrong move and I would cease to exist. The situation was so intense, that after I was saved by a kind stranger, my life had flashed before my eyes.

The second would be heights. This is something that is buried deep within my subconscious mind. I have no control over it at all. Whenever I'm on a ladder or at a high altitude, my legs shake uncontrollably. I feel fine. Everything looks okay. I don't consciously feel fear. Yet, when I jumped over a fence and broke two bones in my ankle, my subconscious mind just shatters to pieces in fear and forces me to act insecure and without any control in a situation that I used to be okay with.

These are my only two fears.

However, in the past, I feared many things.

I feared not being able to get the love of my life back.

I feared being alone forever.

I feared being poor and unable to reach my dreams.

I feared being seen as a scam, for being someone who was completely fake, untrue to myself.

I feared losing my soul.

I feared losing all my friends.

I feared missing my goals.

I feared failing others, especially myself.

I feared losing absolutely everything I had.

Yet, all of these happened, at some point and time. I made it through all of these without a problem.

Then two new fears arose. Two fears that I might never be able to overcome...

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Leonard blogs at LeonardKim.com

Leonard Kim is Managing Partner at InfluenceTree. At InfluenceTree, Leonard and his team teach you how to build your (personal or business) brand, get featured in publications and growth hack your social media following.

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