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| Prompt: “Your new start is only as far away as your fear has parked it.” Craig D. Lounsbrough What does this quote mean to you? And/or are you planning any new starts in the coming year? And which kinds of joys and fears come to your mind about the next twelve months? ------------- Isn't fear the cause of many ills, setbacks, and missed opportunities with anything new and with everything else! I believe this is because fear creates a distance between us and the workings of the world. Some of us are not only fearful of failure, but also rejection, the unknown, or even success. Any "new start" represents a goal, a chapter in life, a wish we'd love to pursue, and any new opportunity. When fear steps into our minds, then, it is time to look where we place this new start. Fear never eliminates opportunities, but the way I look at it, it freezes them into immobility. So to us, those opportunities seem out of reach. Just think of all the wonderful poets and writers who weren't known at all during their own lifetimes. Remember Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Kafka, Lovecraft, Marcel Proust, and Fredrich Nietzsche? I always wonder if some kind of a fear held them back. Of course, this also could be due to their indifference to fame and fortune, and I do understand that since like some of us, I cherish my privacy. These people, however, did not only held themselves back but also, they could have stopped the others from enjoying and benefiting from their talents. What if, by some chance, their works were lost to the world? Could we call their holding back "selfishness"? This makes me think of all the good works and culture our world is now missing through that kind of a selfishness and the fear of the unknown. There is an accountability, here, isn't there? My answer to the question in the quote is: I am not a fortune teller and I don't know anything about what the new year will bring where fears and joys could be concerned. And no, I'm not planning any new ventures in 2025, but this doesn't mean that I'll stop doing or planning anything new during the next twelve months. On this day and hour, if I could work on the old ones and make them better, I'd be quite satisfied. After all, the future is an open book. |
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