Taking a leap of faith...

Have you ever wanted to do something but the fear of the unknown stopped you? Maybe the fear of failing is what stopped you...or fear of what others would think? The possibility of losing money? Maybe being afraid that you aren't good enough or smart enough? Either way, you didn't do what you wanted for one reason or another. Being on the ledge is a scary place to be and sometimes even the thought of jumping can be worse.

I've been in that position and find myself in that position a lot. Of course, this situation always seem to relate to my career and schooling but either way, there are always ledges to jump from.

My issue is that I can never seem to get up the gall to jump. I try to weigh the pros and cons...I make lists...I really try to think about the consequences and benefits of each choice. However, it seems as though fear always makes me chicken out. Fear of the unknown, fear of failing, fear of letting people down, fear of what people will think, fear of being out of the comfort zone.

I guess I'd like to hear about a time when you took a leap of faith. What did you do? How did you push yourself off that ledge? How did it turn out? Perhaps hearing about others jumping regardless of the fear will inspire me to jump...