It seems like I go through these sine waves of anxiety and determination. I ride out the waves differently of course. It seems like the anxiety phases last longer than the determined phases. If you thought that being scared equates to being safe, you are not wrong. Think about the times, you have felt determined and done something, tossing caution to the wind. You'd have been in a pickle most of those times.
Being scared is safe.
Being scared is okay.
Being scared means you have weighed in all the options.
Being scared also probably means you are overthinking it.
When we say the word scared, we think danger. But it's how we perceive things that matters. Think about it as a line separating you and the danger. The part about "danger" is the opposite side of the line from you. Whereas you, on the other side of the line, are not in touch with danger. You are safe. You have options to seek shelter, to run away, to face the danger, that's up to you. But in the end, the other side of the line is safety.
