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Morgan Shagrin shared a letter in the
Chasing Your Dreams group 1 year, 9 months ago Why You Should not let Fear ruin your Accomplishments
Morgan ShagrinDear someone who is about to give up,
I have just finished my freshman year of college. I have made many good friends and achieved good grades, and even joined a few clubs. However last summer if you told me that was going to be my freshman year experience I probably would not have believed you. My whole life I have had a speech impediment and for as long as I can remember my biggest fear was speaking to or meeting new people. It terrified me to have to put myself out there because I never knew how people were going to respond. And up until my freshman year of college, I was always able to hide behind my twin sister. Me and her are so close and do everything with each other because of this we had the same friends and I always let her take the lead on making them. When this happened I was always there by association or friends by the association at least I felt like I was. It was not until I was literally forced to go out at and make friends at school without having my sister by my side(we went to different colleges) that I realized I was even capable of this. So trust me I understand firsthand how scary things can be especially if they do not go the way you thought at first. However, I also understand how fear can hold you back and keep you from achieving your goals and dreams. Please do not wait as long as I did to let fear stop me from reaching my accomplishments
Morgan,
As someone who has struggled with a speech impediment myself, I enjoyed reading your letter. Your courage is inspiring. Fear can be a tough thing to overcome. In the office where I work there is a motivational quote on the wall. It breaks down the word FEAR into two different phrases. On one side it says Forget Everything And Run. On the other it says Face Everything And Rise. You have done the second and I am proud of you. Do not regret taking a long time to overcome your fear. The only regret would have been you not trying at all. The spoken word is one of the most powerful things we have in our lives. It has the power to build or destroy. No matter how they may sound for you, you are using them the best way. That is something to be incredibly proud of. Your letter here can give that whisper of courage for others who may be under the power of fear. Your example of power to overcome can be harnessed by anyone who reads it. Thank you for sharing your story with all of us here.
– Roger
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Hi Morgan,
You are so right. It is important to go beyond your comfort zone and experience new worlds. New people, new activities, and new places. Life is so much more fulfilling when you just go for it. I try to push myself every day to do something new and scary. I always find that what I thought was scary was really exciting. It is a wonderful feeling of accomplishment to overcome fears successfully. Keep putting yourself out there.
All the beet,
Shelley
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Fear is one of the biggest things to hold us back. Because we fear the change we hold off on it because it feels unnatural and we don’t accept change because of the fear of not “going back to normal”. Thank you for sharing
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