Hello, hello, everyone. This is Tanya Dalton, O'Nerving Quill Press, and I'm here to give you another

episode of The Weekender, a mini episode to help you end your week on the right note. This season, as I've mentioned, we're talking

about big goals and dreams. And the number one thing I find that holds people back is fear.

Fear of failing, fear of not being good enough. Fear, fear, fear. We look around and there are lots

of messages about being fearless.

We think, well, I can't be fearless.

But let me stop you there.

There's a huge difference between being fearless and being brave.

Being fearless is the absence of fear.

You have no fear. You are fearless.

And in some cases, yes, you are fearless, right? There are areas in your

life that you feel are easy. You live confidently, fearlessly, if you will. So yes, live fearlessly.

But that's not possible all the time. Fear, in fact, is a very powerful, very necessary emotion. Fear lives within us to keep us safe.

It's in our DNA to naturally feel fear. If we didn't, we would lean over too far when looking

over the Grand Canyon, or we wouldn't think twice about jumping off the roof instead of using

a ladder when hanging our Christmas lights. We need fear. So I want you to

stop thinking of fear as your enemy, and I want you to focus on how you can make fear push you.

That is what being brave is all about. Being brave doesn't mean you don't have fear. In fact,

the definition of brave, according to Mirian Webster, is having or

showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty. A brave soldier runs into

battle, not because she doesn't have fear, it's because she has the mental and moral

strength to overcome that fear to protect others. Being brave means you're so much stronger

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