Mastering Our Fears (Illustration with Game of Chess)

Fear is a general characteristic of every human being. It is like a firmware in our genes. No matter how hard we try, fear manages to find its way around our every day life.

Now let us view our fear like a game of chess, infact after reading this article, you should start viewing your fear like your opponent in the game of chess.

It is the begining of the game, there is a 50% probability of you succumbing to your fear or overcoming/defeating it.

Now you should take the first move. So always struggle to be white colour. The reason for you starting first is that you will have a high morale , making the first move against your fear,,, it calms you a little. Lets look at a real life case here ;
You are scared to do something, let's say you fear if you invest in some cryptos, your money might vanish into thin air. But, you investing in it, you have taken the first step, now you no longer fear investing in it, because you have already, a new problem to be scared about might arise, but you have conquered one at least .

Your fear comes at you in different ways, from different angles, it comes laterally(rook), it comes diagonally(bishop), or in both directions (Queen), sometimes it even leaps over blockades you think you have positioned in well strategic areas(knight). It comes at you, puts you on several checks. But remember, a check doesn't end the game, it only ends on a checkmate, so don't be too quick to surrender to your fear when it comes at you,, just move your king to a safer place. Your king here is like your mindset,, it represents you in this article.

Now this is one positive aspect of fear. Fear makes us act more cautious when we control it properly. It makes us double think. So now you should counter attack cautiously, do not let your fear overwhelm your thinking. Sacrificies are important steps to success. You cannot save everything. You fear you might be exposed to danger if you loose a pawn, so you take a reckless move and end up loosing a rook. Learn to look at the bigger picture. So we should be able to master our fears and counter attack it properly.

So now you have conquered this one, like i said earlier, a new problem might arise. Life is more like a competition and not a single game. So you might have won one battle with yoir fear, but there are still more fierceful battles to come before the war ends.

YOUR LIFE IS YOUR KINGDOM, RULE IT, NEVER SURRENDER TO FEAR .