Fearlessness
I'm acting more like a Fearless Wonder these days. It shows in little things, like talking to people on the elevator at my building, and in big things like getting my ESL student connected with a caseworker, and going out alone to do the tutoring. The phrase "moving beyond fear" is more appropriate than fearless. Of course I still get the jitters about things. I just choose not to let the jitters rule my actions. My fearlessness, or move beyond fear has really been the result of a new embrace of reality. When I was controlled by my fears, I was always trying to manipulate reality, by avoiding the hard stuff, by zoning out, by escapism, by not seeking challenges. But in all my avoiding of fear I wasn't getting happier or more peaceful. At some point I realized I had to accept reality and face it. I also had to learn to trust in myself to meet its challenges. I find reality, life as it is, so joyful when I am not trying to control it. We spend so much time wor