03/10/2008 - 19:31
BLOG: About Fear
by Rashad McCants

What's up everybody. Thanks for coming to check out the new site. I've been wanting to share my thoughts with everybody about the game, what I'm doing with basketball and other stuff. So here's my first blog entry.

Hope you like it. Send me your questions, comments, that sort of thing -- if it's something that makes me think, it might make it in here.

A few weeks back, I found myself feeling afraid. I know that sounds funny for a guy with a tattoo that says Never Scared on his shoulder.  We all face fear at some point.

I started the season as a starter, but after a time, I was out of the starting lineup. I definitely see myself as a starter…anybody who's a competitor, who's a champion in their heart, wants to be on the floor starting. I found myself feeling a little scared at times… which was a struggle for me.

Would I be the contributor on the Wolves that I know I can be? Was I going to be permanently relegated to sixth man duty when I should be starting? I decided, hey, this is my role right now, this is what my team needs me to do, so I put my fear aside and just focused on doing what I do best.  Just playing the game.  And things have been going good again lately.

I realized that I had nothing to fear.

While that was going down, it got me thinking about fear, about having a vision of myself to get through it, all that. So I put those thoughts together.

Thought I'd share them with you.

A man with a thought is a man with a vision. A man with an opinion is a man with a plan. A man with a vision is a man of the people.

People need guidance to the place they have never been. To walk in the dark is to be blind in the steps toward our future.

The voice of a man with a vision is the light to all shadows. How can we be blind to find that we know everything but can't see anything. You knew it was coming but you just couldn't see it.

I hear women talk all the time about being scared of relationships. Being afraid of being hurt like they were before. And they put their whole life on hold because of fear.

Fear of nothing that will actually kill you. Love doesn't kill you. You can only kill love. Fear cannot kill you. You are the one that kills fear. Feeding fear only makes your fear stronger.

Bravery has no importance in today's society. We have lost our sense of courage. Maybe because there isn't a reward for it. If a man or woman got rewarded for standing up for one's self, then there would be less fear.

But the reward for being fearless is honor. A fearless man is a man with a vision. Capable of sharing his courage with others. One man's courage is another man's fear.

Most envy those who have the guts to do what they would never attempt. The man that would swallow his pride to step aside in line for an elderly lady. A patient man is a man with unlimited pride and honor. A real man…

Listen to my vision. I am here to speak as a man with a plan for the people. A fearless courage with endless honor. Listen to my testimony and my confession as a man of sin. Listen to my cry...

This is my blog. Enjoy!!!!

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