#everybodysfree

Author Melissa Vida

While researching fear, one thing that was consistent over and over again was the word perception.

Fear - An unpleasant feeling triggered by the perception of danger, real or imagined.

Fear - A feeling induced by perceived danger or threat.

Fear - An unpleasant emotion caused by a response to a perceived threat of danger, pain, or harm.

Fear is the number one thing that will hold you back from being everything you want to be, from having everything you want to have. Feel the fear and do it anyway. Fear can make you sick. Fear can prevent your raise. Fear can create bad habits. Fear can leave you lonely. Fear can act as your friend but truly be your enemy. Fear will destroy your optimum you. Feel the fear and do it anyway. People try to blame ambition or laziness as to why they have not been able to achieve their personal greatness. It is ambition or laziness, it is FEAR.

An easy way to combat fear is to do as the old saying goes - "Do one thing every day that scares you."

Many believe this quote was written by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt when in fact it was not, it was Mary Schmich.

Mary Schmich is a silent instrument that inspires people to take a leap, to face your fears and to just jump.

"DO ONE THING EVERY DAY THAT SCARES YOU"

-Mary Schmich-

That phrase alone evokes energy. Creates feelings. Challenges complacency. It is a corner stone to our internal power. Almost every reward that comes from life is scary at first. If we don’t take the leap and do that one thing that day that scared us, our reward will be wasted and gone. Opportunity is all around us. But taking the opportunity can be scary.

Mary Schmich's column "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" was published in the Chicago Tribune on June 1, 1997.

In the column's introduction Schmich presents the essay as the commencement speech she would give if she were asked to give one. In the speech she insistently recommends the wearing of sunscreen, and dispenses other advice and warnings which are intended to help people live a happier life and avoid common frustrations. She later explained that the initial inspiration for what advice to offer came from seeing a young woman sunbathing, and hoping that she was wearing sunscreen, unlike what she herself did at that age. There are many take aways from such a simple song/newspaper column. However the hidden power to this is actually in the author. Mary Schmich was 43 at the time she wrote this column. Mary wrote this column, which is now known as "Wear Sunscreen" in just a short 4 hours. Mary didn't hesitate for even one second. She just wrote and jumped.

The column caught the attention of Australian film director Baz Luhrmann and was mastered and released into a spoken song and it became known as "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)"

In 1999 the start of our millennials were graduating. This song was played at most graduations and was played on nearly every radio station across the nation. Each millennial, x-gen, and baby boomer alive today had an exposure to this song. The impact of this song continues to linger and hold truth to each of us today. Here is a link to the song. Take a moment to stop and listen for a trigger of wellness to your soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJew4fxHl1U

By doing one thing everyday that scares you, you are training yourself to overcome your objections and climb your obstacles. We were born to feel the fear and do it anyway, we were born to do one thing everyday that scare us. As we took our first steps in this world we fell, we cried, we were scared, but we naturally continued to do it everyday until we were running. As children we lived feel the fear and do it anyway, why as adults do we hesitate? The answer is not the importance, change is.