Best Los Angeles Interior Designer on Facing Fears
“What are you afraid of?” was the question lobbed to me by a fellow guest at a recent dinner party. Initially my mind was blank. I had spent the day with lacquered boards strapped to by feet, hurling myself down the shear face of a mountain and for a split second I actually considered the possibility that, with 46 years of experience safely tucked behind me, I was fearless.
My delusion did not last long. Slowly the list began to trickle through my brain. Never a torrent, but definitely not a drop or two; I would say comfortably a trickle. And not the big earth moving, live altering, boogey-man-in-the-closet type of things; no my list was a trickle of the mundane.
But it was my list and they were my fears and in an interesting way I was proud of them. I don’t believe pride can swell when there is no sense of ownership. These were my fears. I’ve worked to pare the list down to the mundane trickle passing before me. Who wouldn’t be proud? Right?
Aside from the fear, which I’m guessing will always be with me, I’m thinking today about a sense of ownership. Consider the things in our lives, which if pushed, you would rank of significant value (implying a cost to you which could be understood as ownership) to warrant additional energy to maintain. Friends? Family? Job? Home? Relationships?
My Grandfather told me many years ago that we are defined by the decisions we make. What do you own today? What are you placing value on and deciding to do about it? Understanding clearly the answers to these questions may help each of us shape our day, week, month and year into something of which we are proud.
