FEAR OF FAILURE.....

Failure....Why is it that we are so afraid to fail but, at the same time we are so afraid to succeed? I have to ask myself this question daily. Have you ever wanted something so bad that it hurts? I know I have. That is the way I feel about photography. I eat, drink,and live photography - heck it's all I think about! I was so petrified to start a photography business. My biggest fear was, what if it fails? I have to keep on telling myself - A failure is someone that gives up without trying. If I don't try, I will always wonder what if in the back of my head. Will anyone like my pictures? What is my style? What am I good at? What am I not good at? These questions are constantly playing in my head. My fear of not making my parents proud. My fear of leaving school to become a nurse to pursue photography. What if I don't make it? Again, those what if questions playing in my head. Why are we so afraid to run after our dreams? Is it the fear of failure? I know that God provides, and that is something that I am reminded of on a daily basis. How about the time I went to Europe for six weeks by myself and was getting short on money, someone mysteriously deposited $1,000 in my account!! Again, God provides. What about the time, I got an email from Kate telling me I got accepted for her internship. That was totally a God thing!!! Someone taking the time to share their up's and down's to help someone else follow their dreams!!! Besides, isn't it our failures that make us better? I leave you all with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt: It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. P.S I have some pictures of a recent session that will be posting soon!!!