Shattering the fear- -

When I was doing my BSc. Physics, I got a chance to meet Josh Bahadur Niraula Sir (Very enthusiastic and inspiring person at the same) on my non-credit course which was based on “Personal Development” offered by our college. On his one of class, he shared something very important which inspired me a lot-“If you didn’t get the job you wanted or you aren’t  satisfied with the salary, please don’t  panic or get frustrated  at all,  just do whatever comes in your way -gain knowledge- Seek for volunteer opportunity- meet peoples, interact with them.” Then, after some months I saw a volunteer opportunity in Sparrow SMS based on Social Media and I did went there.  Luckily, they offered me with a proposal of hiring for 15 days and I accepted the proposal. On the tenure, Amit Agarwal (CEO of Sparrow SMS) insisted me to blog frequently and as well showed me different perceptive of blogging. Since then I had an immense desire to keep writing and updating in my blog. And, I made an account but never updated. I wanted to but I didn’t! I didn’t found any topic that I was keen about. I could have just updated my daily routine, how did it went, how was I feeling or I could have admitted my failure, my little success, my little achievement but I didn’t!  As I reflect a lot these days, why didn’t I do it? What was I thinking that time? Then, I could only find an answer, which is FEAR! Fear to share things with others, Fear that I would be judged by my opinions. That fear came through my misconceptions like; to blog you need to be an expert, to blog you need to be perfect writer. I was waiting for me to be perfect doing nothing, which was the foolish and stupid thing I could have ever imagined of. That fear gave me a huge loss which I realize now days. I would have been a better writer till now! Why didn’t I understand the essence of Josh Sir statement i.e., I need to keep trying and trying. It was a story of perseverance- story of persuasion- story of being humble and learning with humility. It was not about being perfect (we tend to but can’t). Perfection was an illusion, doing best was the inspiration that he wanted to give.

As I have started blogging now, i want my reader’s to comment and give me positive feedback so that I can improve further and learn better. The opinion that I keep here is solely based on my perception and I may be wrong as well. I welcome and appreciate others perception as well. Fear is neither a good thing nor a bad thing to have. Having a healthy fear always helps you seek lot of leaning around. So, we have to channelize our fear to squeeze something useful! And, the right thing to emotionally defeat our fear is now and perseverance is the process! And, I am on the way to it!     

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it. ” – Rabindranath Tagore