Many of us go through life focusing on what-if scenarios that frighten us. We may tell ourselves that this fear is prudent and that it’s better to be safe than sorry. But, the consequences of regularly entertaining unwarranted fear aren’t harmless. The habit encourages a cautious and tentative perspective about the world that leads to anxiousness and a willingness to play small. Anticipating frightening outcomes even when experience repeatedly proves them unlikely is equivalent to voluntarily living in a cage of dread even when we have the option of…
Being free.
