The meanings of Fear and Worry
Jul. 7th, 2010 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arriadA Martial Artist needs to deal with the concept of Fear. What is Fear and how does it affect our life? There are few, if any, pursuits that make us face our fears so directly as Martial Arts. In other activities, we start off slowly. In tennis? We hit a ball lightly and practice the basics before feeling the fear of a full match. The same is true for other sports. For Martial Arts? We are getting punches thrown at us the first day. We are faced with limbs flying at us, with the concept of very real pain. We are faced with someone physically confronting and moving our body in ways that it is specifically not designed to go.
We must face Fear at the outset in Martial Arts.
To be a successful Martial Artist, we need to define Fear. Here then is my definition.
I think that fear is a paralyzing emotion. It wraps us in ourselves and makes all action is perceived as painful. The actions are perceived as such because fear is such a selfish action that makes us so absorbed in ourselves that anything that causes us to interact outside of ourselves is seen as pain.
I feel that worry and fear are the same emotion, people just use the word worry to hide the selfishness of the emotion.
DO not Fear or Worry, my friends. Give to others completely, and you will transcend Fear and Worry, and improve as Martial Artists.
What do you think about Fear? The more we discuss this emotion, the more we can figure it out to defeat it.
We must face Fear at the outset in Martial Arts.
To be a successful Martial Artist, we need to define Fear. Here then is my definition.
I think that fear is a paralyzing emotion. It wraps us in ourselves and makes all action is perceived as painful. The actions are perceived as such because fear is such a selfish action that makes us so absorbed in ourselves that anything that causes us to interact outside of ourselves is seen as pain.
I feel that worry and fear are the same emotion, people just use the word worry to hide the selfishness of the emotion.
DO not Fear or Worry, my friends. Give to others completely, and you will transcend Fear and Worry, and improve as Martial Artists.
What do you think about Fear? The more we discuss this emotion, the more we can figure it out to defeat it.
