“Remember life is happening right now and most of what we do or what we’re scared of is just bullshit,” Jack Lawrence.  The fear is bullshit.  It’s that simple: what the mind tells us to be afraid of outside of legitimate life and death situations is only in our minds.  Most of what we’re afraid of is entirely in our heads and if our minds can’t tell the difference between thought and reality, then we have made ourselves captive to imagination rather than allowing that imagination to live and breathe with something far better than we could even imagine.  Fear keeps us small.  Remember that in the long run, most of what we do really doesn’t matter.  This is a giant playground that we are meant to figure out how the pieces work and what they can do. 

The truth is we are looking for meaning, both immediately and long term.  What we often forget is that the meaning of life is to live it. Legacy is a beautiful thing, we learn from history, we have that long lasting effect on the Earth. Sometimes that legacy and meaning comes in the present and we have to remember that we are learning new rules and ways to do things that teach those after us.  Sure it’s nice to sit in the shade of the trees we plant but it may very well be the case that the fruits of our labor feed those who come later.  And that’s ok because our presence is what fuels the now and creates that ripple effect.  Fear is imagined just as much as the good is.  What we focus on is what appears so why not choose the good?

Life comes with no guarantees of any kind.  We aren’t promised anything up to and including our purpose.  Just because we have a birthright doesn’t mean we fulfill it.  The only way that happens is with attention and intention.  We have now, that truly is it because the only guarantee is that we don’t know everything that’s coming and we certainly don’t know how our stories end.  Wasting time afraid of anything cheats us and the future of anything good that comes from taking the chance now.  Fear is in the mind.  It’s all in our minds so choose our focus wisely.  Choose awareness now.  We may have to climb some hills and we may have some losses along the way, but what we gain from action and learning is invaluable.  The risk is work the experience.