Get off your ass! Get up and get going! What are you afraid of? Some nameless terror that is a construct of your overactive imagination? Or is it even worse? Do you fear making a fool of yourself? Well, it’s too late!
True warriors know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they regularly make mistakes, provide some level of amusement to those around them, and occasionally look very foolish to observers. It really is too late. You have already made a fool of yourself, so that excuse can go the way of the Dodo1. Now back to that wonderful magnifying mind that we each possess. We have discussed the concept of doing something when you don’t need to, so that when you do need to you’ll be able to. This is that time. You will embrace your fears so that when you are fearful, you will not shy away from the task at hand just because your magic mind is blowing everything out of proportion. Remember that what actually happens in the world rarely, if ever, corresponds to what is in your mind.
This is a secret of great power for the true warrior—knowing and having faith that all will work out the way it is supposed to, and that no amount of thinking, stressing, worrying, fretting, or any other emotional context is going to have any effect on anything but your own health and longevity—and that will be a negative effect. Try to get with the world. Practice marching lockstep in time with your team. You are armoured by God. You are perfect children of your creator. Your higher power will do for you what you cannot do for yourself. Come on. Just suit up and show up. Let the blessings of your very existence unfold around you without your judgement and interference. Enjoy each and every moment.
Get up and charge out willingly into your life, powered by acceptance of what is true and real—not what is imagined and made up. You are warriors who will (at least) have a good time and be at peace with yourself by embracing the foolishness of everything you do. The more you have going for you, the greater the probability of massive success. So it has been written.