Showing posts with label rationality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rationality. Show all posts

Monday, September 04, 2017

Workout for a fearless muscle

Last year, I stumbled upon an interesting quote by Arianna Huffington:
Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.
It's a beautiful quote. And there is nothing as affirming in life as when you feel that you have exercised your fearlessness and feel that after having been outside of your comfort zone, you have expanded both fearlessness and comfort zone. We should do it more often.
Obviously, it should not lead to stupidity without care. As it was said in the movie "After Earth": "Danger is very real, but fear is a choice." And there is reason to relate rationally to the specific danger and disregard the fear.
(Translated from "Workout for en frygtløs muskel", originally published February 15th, 2016)