When I faced the harsh tide of fear for real …

Imagine yourself engaging in a new passionate activity, to raise above your challenges.

You gain momentum. Your soul feels energised. 
Your life gets more meaningful with each step into your passion.
Unexpected applauses pour in. 

All of a sudden, your deep fear comes alive through a personally hurtful criticism in public.

What do you do? 

That’s exactly what happened to my blog writing passion. 

My subconscious fear, that held me back for many years, to be active in public forums, turned true with my previous blog post.

Fear of facing hurtful, judgemental and hostile perspective/comments over me and my thoughts. 

I believed I had overcome that fear, until it resurfaced out of the blue.

An “anonymous” reader *ranked* me as “zero” in writing. I was accused of making a “mistake” in creating the blogspot. Above all, my writing was brutally compared with my Appa’s writings and labelled as “nothing” in front of his works. 

Upon reading this comment, my heart was pounding heavily, crying intensely, wanting the warmth of Appa’s consoling words. 

Myriad of other grave worries & self-doubts invited themselves and started having a party inside me. I became numb and tired.

An immediate urge to share this shame, anger and sadness with my close ones, arose as always. 

Gathering utmost inner strength, I let it pass by, not sharing with anyone, unlike the past. I was determined to handle it myself. 

Though I had the urge to write, “memory” of that hurtful comment’s evil laugh echoed through my mind and held me back. 

I deliberately took a break from writing.




Gradually, as days passed by, a sense of courage and determination began to emerge  within me. Having actually faced the fear in action, there was nothing to hold back now. 

I knew by heart what Appa would lovingly tell me.
Comparing a budding writer with a legend writer like Appa, is nothing short of a ridiculous, irrational and non-constructive criticism! 

Nevertheless, Thanks to that “anonymous” comment - Universe has shown me a cue to how to raise above an harsh tide of fear.

The “Why” factor is strongly re-affirmed within me once again: 

Sense of Liberation; Connection with Appa and Universe through my writing. 

In this journey, if it touches  upon other lives, its an added bonus that I would dearly cherish and ignore  the rest.


Life is too *short* to give in to fear, expectations, comparisons or any external hindering factors. 

It’s ok to …*pause* … but let’s not 
*stop* because of our fears. 

Let’s face them head-on by recalling our “WHY”. 

Let’s unleash our inner strength, to cross the fearful hurdles, for it is the most welcoming , brave companion of all.




Yours Soulfully, 
Gargi SMARam 💫🌟





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