What is our greatest fear in this life?

[JamiPozcord]

I have often asked myself what our greatest fear really is. During the course of the day, I kept thinking about the events of each moment, what would be my greatest concern. Perhaps the failure of something I wanted to win, the loss of something I had in my hands, the loneliness of a distant future, the uncertainty of a desired event. Over time I understood that fear does not always have only one face. I had not noticed that most of the time, this fear is disguised as caution, other times as doubt, and many times it appears just at the moment when we are about to take an important step. Fear is one of the oldest human emotions, which is present in all of us in many possible events in our lives. It has been in us since we existed as a species. Its original function was to protect us, warn us of danger, keep us alert, help us survive. Without fear, our ancestors probably would not have survived long enough for us to be here today. But the interesting thing is that today fear rarely arises from a predator or physical danger. It appears when we want to try something new. It appears when we want to change jobs because they give us a better offer. When we want to say what we really feel to that special person. When we want to start a project that could change our entire lifestyle. When we want to leave our comfortable zone to risk everything for a splendid life. It is when this feeling becomes a kind of silent teacher. In the world of games this is very clear. When a player enters a new level, especially a difficult one, they feel something very similar to fear: the uncertainty of not knowing what is going to happen, the risk of losing, of failing, of having to start over takes over our body and mind. We feel our palpitations more in this process and we think more things in the second than in any other type of feeling. However, that same fear also awakens something else, making it clear that it is still a sense of survival as well, such as concentration, strategy, creativity. We become a player who learns, adapts and improves, starting with this feeling.Giving birth to what previously seemed impossible becomes part of an experience. Life works in a very similar way. Each new stage is accompanied by a small internal tremor; We call it anxiety, other times nerves. But deep down many times it is simply fear of the unknown. Let me clarify that the problem is not feeling fear. The real problem appears when we let fear decide for us. Leaving us two possible paths. It can stop us... or it can propel us. This is simple and true.I have seen people who, when they feel fear, stop completely. They avoid the challenge, preferring to stay in what is known, in what is safe. And for a while it seems to work. But over the years another, heavier feeling appears, the feeling of what could have been. I have also seen the opposite. People who feel afraid, but still move forward. Not because they are not afraid, but because they understand that fear is also part of the process. What is curious and has happened to us is that many of the decisions that most transformed our lives were accompanied by fear: Moving to another city or country; start a new business; go back to studying after having left it a while ago; fall in love again after a failed experience; defend your own idea even if you don't have support.
Fear appears as a sign that we are crossing an internal border.
What was my true reflection: fear is not always an enemy, it can simply be the gateway to growth. If we didn't feel fear, we probably wouldn't feel excitement about achieving something either. Fear tests us, it measures us, it forces us to look inside ourselves. It asks us something very simple: Are you going to stop here... or are you going to go one step further? And each of us, at some point in our lives, had to answer that question.
So we go with fear but without fear.