Love Track #2: That Scary Kind of Love
Good Day Readers,
I think we all should occasionally scare
ourselves. Scaring yourself means doing
something so remarkably outstanding that you get nervous because you know you
did good. This something is something
you never thought you would do, always knew you should have done, but never
did…until now. I plan to scare myself
this semester. I can think of all the
times I scared myself, and what happened afterward. I was never the same. I was always a bit more fearless and a lot more
confident. A lot of times, when we’re
young, we have adults, and other mature individuals along the way to help us
scare ourselves. These are people who
care enough about you to make you scare the heck out of yourself. I can remember when I was younger and I used
to try to scare some of my younger cousins, who are now all preteens or
teenagers. I did not have any younger
siblings, and for some reason, I thought this was so much fun and the most
hilarious thing ever. I would hide in my
grandmother’s living room and wait to hear little footsteps while
simultaneously trying with everything within me to hold back laugher. When the moment was juuust right and the
little footsteps turned into a wandering little person I would jump out and
make a loud rarwing noise and the little person would then scream, run and jump
before breaking out into laughter. We
both laughed at the end.
The same thing happens when it comes
to the serious matters of life. When we
get older, we become more responsible for who we are. We can no longer depend on people such as parents,
teachers, and mentors to scare us into taking a chance at positive
opportunities that come our way. We have
to push ourselves. Of course it is
possible to have people around that love you enough to push you, but the older
you get the more this is something that you really have to want on your
own. It’s very likely that you’re an
introvert if you’re reading this. But
don’t let that stop you from living, breathing and gracing this world with your
God-given gifts and talents. Scare yourself.
I plan to do this more often, and when I do, I’ll probably tell you
about it. One of the last times I scared
myself, I ended up talking to an award winning Washington, DC news anchor by
email, and conducting an online interview with her. I was really scared before I contacted her
and thought about calling the whole thing off.
But I didn’t and she was very happy to assist me with my pursuit to
become a broadcast journalist-yes, a broadcast journalist. As a demure, introverted broadcast
journalist, I’ll probably be scaring myself for the rest of my life. You can do it. Don’t let unhealthy, perceptions of yourself
stop you from being great and who you ARE destined to be.
With Some New
Ideas for Scare Tactics,
Unashamed
Introvertish Girl
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