“You often meet your fate on the road you took to avoid it.”
-Either Goldie Hawn or a dead French guy
We spend a lot of time trying to avoid the things we fear most.
We stay in the safe job so we won’t fail, only to feel the slow ache of never trying. We keep quiet to avoid conflict, then watch resentment grow. We refuse to make a decision because we fear choosing wrong, only to discover that indecision made the choice for us.
Avoidance rarely changes the destination. It usually just gives us a longer, more complicated route to get there.
That does not mean every fear should be ignored. It means fear should not be allowed to drive. Sometimes the road forward is uncomfortable precisely because it leads through the lesson, conversation or challenge we need most.
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