Overcoming Fear Essay

This is evident in the statement “the blue air of spring, fresh from its memories of windy pools and lush shrubbery, could thrill him with eagerness.” (p 328) The readers are informed that even though Mr. Parson couldn't see the landscape in front of him, he could still get thrilled just by the thought it. However, even by thinking positive thoughts during a presentation, anxiety and fear slowly builds up. Steadily speeding the heartbeat of the heart, making the simple pulsation of the heart pressing against your sweaty skin hurt. Trying to hold it down or accumulating it won’t relief the anxiety. Rather, it will work against oneself. Unlike Mr. Parson, Markward, has accumulated the actions of the past, refusing to move on and as a result has created has lived through life with the only objective to gain the pity and sympathy of other through his wicked lie. Even until the end when his story is revealed to be a lie he still holds strong to the objective of making people feel pity for him by screaming…

Many first time college students experience fear and anxiety with writing. Often the intimidation of that blank white page causes stress and anxiety. As stated in the article “How to Overcome the Fear of Writing” by author Henri Junttila (2015), it is crucial that I first identify my fear and work at overcoming it. A few of the apprehensions I have faced in my writing is organizing my thoughts to make sure my sentences flow in a clear and consistent manner, connecting to my reading audience and…

The only thing stopping you from facing your fears, is yourself. Taking a risk, stepping out of your comfort zone and not limiting yourself to what you can and can’t do are such important steps in helping you face your fears. The day I faced my fears was on June 4th, 2016. After a long car ride filled with singing, laughing and short naps, my friends and I finally reached our awaited destination, Canada’s Wonderland. As we got out of the packed grey car, I looked up to the bright and dazzling…

Overcoming Fear Why do others feel afraid while others fear nothing? There was a moment in the in early morning of November 19, 1863 that Abraham Lincoln never felt so weak. He was staying at a lodge in Gettysburg and was getting ready to deliver his speech to the crowd to dedicate to the new Gettysburg memorial. He woke up with a severe headache and felt he had a fever coming on, felt nervous about delivering his speech, and felt that it wouldn’t properly honor the soldiers who died fighting in…

Overcoming fear, as a leader how to provide grounds for inspiration are significantly thought provoking. No one sets out to fail or desires to fail at anything they aspire to accomplish. Those who allow fear to overcome, prohibiting them to move forward, accomplish the goal, will fail. Consequently, Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for Facebook was a fear he believed would be the only great idea he would ever have. (Kirpatrick, D., 2010, May 6). John Stuart Mill also believed causation from experience…

Overcoming the Fears of Being Tiny In a Giant World In “Gulliver’s Travels: Into Several Remote Nations of The World” by Johnathan Swift, several ways are shown as to how Gulliver’s interaction with Glumdalclitch and the queen develop a theme of overcoming fear. First, Gulliver is not frightened of Glumdalclitch. Secondly, he continues to dine with the queen despite his fear of their knives. Lastly, Gulliver begins to fight back against the massive flies by cutting them with his knife. First,…

I was now playing on a select team and also on a premier club team. I was feeling great. During my eighth grade school soccer season, I was the top scorer for my team and I had high hopes of making Varsity soccer as an entering freshman. Two weeks prior to the start of soccer season, I broke my ankle playing indoor soccer. I was overcome with more disappointment than imaginable. I felt like the one thing I had worked so hard to accomplish was once again taken away. Similar with The Pact when Sam…

Overcoming Fear A speaker that had an effective message was Victor Garcia. Victor defeated a huge fear on the day he presented. This fear was public speaking. Victor conquered his fear and I saw traits from, An Essential Guide to Public Speaking, while listening to Victor. I noticed how Victor’s essay talked about his fear of speaking, but he was clearly overcoming his fear by presenting his speech. In the book, An Essential Guide to Public Speaking, they talked about the gift of language.…

It was 10:00 and my choices were to either live with the pain or overcome the fear of surgery. All of this was my decision and it was to overcome the fear of surgery. As the clocked ticked away and away I got even more nervous for what was about to happen. I was sitting in the waiting room and ring, went the phone and that means it's my time to go back and get ready. My mom started telling me that it will be ok, and I started to believe her, but when we got to the Hospital I lost hope. The…

It was a luminous and beautiful day in Hot Springs, Arkansas at Magic Springs, and all of my best friends were with me. I knew that my friends were going to want to ride a roller coaster, but I was terrified of them. Roller coasters had been my number one fear until that day, but I overcame that fear that day. On a tropical and humid day the first roller coaster that my friends and I rode was not as atrocious as I thought it would be, consequently, I had decided to ride it. I had overcame my…