Warning! This article contains items that some may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Yesterday morning, I cleaned the drainage of our gutter because it was heavily clogged by fallen leaves. Even though it is summer, there have been quite a number of days when the rain torrentially pours from the sky so I must make sure those drainages are free from any debris. I went up the roof with hand gloves and plastic bags to store those fallen leaves. It was quite a difficult task because even though my forearms were thin, the size of our gutter leaves only a few centimeters to move around. Another thing is that I need to be constantly aware of where I place my center of gravity because one wrong move could send me tumbling down from our roof but I am sure it will only leave minor scratches because it isn't that high. Roof cleaning service could be one of my sidelines. LOL! ☺ As I finish one drainage after another, I couldn't help but to notice a couple of cat poops on our roof. Cats in our neighborhood can roam around freely because there is no strict law to seize them. I was faced with a dilemna of leaving the cat poops on the roof as they are or pick them up since I am wearing a glove on one hand. I chose to toughen up and remember the reason why I started to clean our roof that is why I picked them up one by one. At first it was a bit gross but as I picked one after another, I told myself that it wasn't that bad at all. After my wonderful experience with cat poops, I thought that I was done for the day with heart stopping activities but I was wrong. I saw a dead rat in one of the sections of our roof and it had been decaying for quite some time now. Admittedly, I am scared to cockroaches, rats, and other crawling insects. Just ask my mom how loud I scream when I encounter one of those creatures in the past. Nowadays, I still get to scream but not as loud as before. I learned how to manage my fears by acting upon a certain situation. Going back to the decaying carcass on our roof, I was once again faced with the options of leaving it as it is or pick it up and finish my task for the day. My heart was beating faster as I got hold of the carcass' tail and then a scene from the movie After Earth by Will and Jaden Smith flashed in front of me because it was one of the memorable lines from the movie. Here is the complete quote by Will Smith: “Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice. We are all telling ourselves a story and that day mine changed.” Will Smith couldn't have explained it any better. It is my choice to fear the rat's carcass because I have imagined a lot of things upon seeing it the first time but in reality a dead carcass wouldn't do me any harm. Replace the rat's carcass with a live cobra and the situation would be different because as we all know, the cobra is one of the deadliest animals in the world. Now that is some real danger for you and so does not looking on both sides while crossing the street or not holding on handrails when you ride a tricycle. In conclusion, many people today are held back by fear. I am no stranger from it also but I try my best to analyze if the situation is an imminent danger or something that I can control by taking a plan of action. I finished my task with my head held up high because I knew I did a good job. If I've let my fears consume me during my first challenge, I would have been having thoughts of what ifs and my day would probably be less than stellar. Thank you for your time in reading my not so appealing post. It may not be comfortable at first but my only point is sometimes we have to do the things that we fear in order to progress in life. Until then, stay tuned! ☺ |
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My name is Gelo Amurao. I created the Habit Whisperer because of my desire to help people improve themselves, by creating one good habit at a time. Archives
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