Fear of Failure Becomes Louder Than the Desire to Try
There’s a quiet moment before every big decision—a breath held, a pause before the leap. For some, it’s a place of anticipation and excitement. For others, it’s where doubt lives, and where fear of failure starts to speak louder than the desire to try. This fear is not a whisper; it’s a roar. It questions your worth, your capability, your right to take up space in uncertain terrain. It doesn’t just warn—it paralyzes. And over time, it convinces you that staying still is safer than risking movement. What if I fail? Not a loud, dramatic question. It doesn’t screamed or written in capital letters in a diary. It sneaks right before when you try something new, right when you’re finally starting to hope, just when you are about to take that first step. It doesn’t ask for attention, but it gets it anyway. I have asked myself this question more times than I can count. Before interviews, before I submitted my manuscript, before I confessed something I had kept buried for too long. Even wh...