By, Kimy, SYI Workforce Intern
Okay, let’s talk.
Let’s talk seriously.
Let’s talk like best friends.
Let me tell you the real truth.
I know we are feeling the same thing. I know it. We are indecisive. One day we want fear to go, and another day we don’t want fear to go.
So right now, let me explain how I really feel about not wanting fear to leave.
This might surprise you, but I don’t want fear to disappear completely. I don’t want fear to leave because fear has kept me alive, focused, and careful. Fear reminds me where I came from and why I keep going.
Fear is the reason I prepare more.
Fear is the reason I think deeper.
You can call me an overthinker if you want, but fear makes me think deeper and respect my journey.
And when I say “respect my journey,” maybe right now you don’t fully understand it, because you still have a lot of fear inside you. But one day, when you start talking to your fear, you will begin to respect your own journey even when you fail, even when bad things happen. You will look at how far you’ve come, and you will see your strength.
To the younger people reading this:
Society tells you to be fearless.
But I want to tell you the truth.
That’s not realistic for me.
What you really need is not to be fearless.
What you really need is to be brave with fear.
Fear teaches boundaries.
Fear teaches humility.
Fear teaches responsibility.
I don’t want fear to go.
I want fear to change modes.
I don’t want fear to drive my life,
but I don’t want to erase it either.
I want fear to sit beside me, not in front of me.
Because fear is an emotion.
And emotions are not meant to disappear they are meant to be understood.
I don’t want fear in front of me anymore, because when fear stands in front of you, it makes you step back from everything you want to do.
But when fear walks beside you…
or sits quietly in the back…
you can still move forward.
You can still respect your journey.
You can still grow.
You can still heal.
And once you start taking responsibility,
once you start learning boundaries,
once you start developing other emotions…
fear will slowly step back by itself.
There is a difference between fear that paralyzes you
and fear that protects you.
When you are young, fear can feel like an enemy.
But one day, you will wake up and realize it was also a teacher.
Fear shows you what matters.
Fear reveals your values.
Fear exposes your deepest hopes.
So if you are afraid right now:
Don’t run from it.
Don’t hate yourself for it.
Don’t let anyone shame you for it.
Try to understand what you are afraid of.
Write about it.
Because when you write in fear,
fear lets you live.
Fear lets you be yourself.
Don’t write with anger like you are mad at your fear.
Talk to your fear deeply.
Honestly.
Softly.
Write in fear.
Speak in fear.
Walk in fear.
But keep moving.
I am an SYI intern.
I’m still learning.
I’m still growing.
I’m still afraid sometimes.
And that’s okay.
Fear doesn’t mean stop.
Fear means this matters.
And if it matters…
it’s worth continuing.