Medo

“A couple hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. «Never leave that till tomorrow,» he said, «which you can do today». This is the man who discovered electricity. You’d think more of us would listen to what he had to say.

I don’t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I’d say it has a lot to do with fear.

Fear of failure, fear of pain, fear of rejection.

Sometimes, the fear is just of making a decision.

Because, what if you’re wrong? What if you’re making a mistake you can’t undo?

(…)

The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine.

He who hesitates is lost. We can’t pretend we haven’t been told. We’ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day.

Still, sometimes, we have to see for ourselves.

We have to make our own mistakes.

We have to learn our own lessons.

We have to sweep today’s possibility under tomorrow’s rug until we can’t anymore, until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin meant.

That knowing is better than wondering.

That waking is better than sleeping.

And that even the biggest failure, even the worst, most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying.”

Grey’s Anatomy – Season 1

Continuo a deixar que minha vida seja guiada por este medo… este medo que toda a gente sabe que apenas nos faz sentir que o tempo vai passando e grande parte dele está perdido… E mesmo sabendo tudo isto, continuo a errar, a não querer aprender a lição, esperar, esperar, até que todas as possibilidades que podiam ter existido e que podia (e devia) ter aproveitado já passaram… Continuo a sonhar, especular, a nunca tentar por mais que continue a me magoar por isso…

“Não sei porque adiamos as coisas, mas se tivesse de adivinhar, diria que tem muito a ver com medo.

Medo de falhar, medo de sofrer, medo de ser rejeitado.

Às vezes, é apenas o medo de tomar uma decisão.

Porque… e se estivermos enganados? E se cometermos um erro que não podemos desfazer?”

Medo, errar… porque não consigo apagar estas palavras do meu dicionário?