be courageous as often as possible

‘Fear is a habit; so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can! and I will!’
I’m finding that to overcome fear means a change of attitude. If I approach a situation with a defeatist attitude of ‘I can’t do that’ then I fail, usually because I don’t even try. But if I approach it with the two resolves from the quote, then at least I give myself the chance to suceed, and even if I don’t succeed I feel good about myself for trying.

living my life in spite of my fears, and I have a lot of fears. Fear of disapproval, critisism, anger, looking silly, being hurt, rejection, regrets, making mistakes. It’s enough to make me want to hide away and hibernate! But I’m finding that very often the things I worry about happening – don’t, and my fears are often just in my head. So I want to take more risks, be courageous as often as possible and not let my fears hold me back any longer.