06 - A Fear That Has Held Me Back

When I first started creating content online, I carried so much fear about sharing my views.

I knew, God willing, my perspective would evolve as I gained more knowledge and matured, but I didn’t want to risk leading anyone astray if I was wrong in a perspective or later regret past words that in the future no longer reflected my growth.

This fear held me back from fully showing up for people to really get to know who I am and what I’m all about. While I wasn’t shy about my faith, I was often quiet about my opinions and ideas and perspective.

This is why I’ve always admired fearless communicators like Megyn Kelly and Charlie Kirk.

I know that a little thicker skin could do me good and I am working on that.

Maybe you’ve felt that same hesitation — afraid that if you spoke up, you’d say the wrong thing or regret it later. But the truth is, silence costs us too. It keeps people from seeing the real us, and it holds back the words that might encourage someone else.

This is a time in history where we are all looking at our lives and asking, If the end was tomorrow, did I fully show up in the life I was given?

What a question and what a time in history to be alive. What an opportunity to re-evaluate and pivot as needed.

Part of dreaming again is giving ourselves permission to show up fully, even imperfectly, and trust God with the growth process.

I’m encouraged by all the open conversations happening and I hope to see more of it. My prayer is that I’ll keep showing up with courage, and that you will too.