I have realized that the past few years I have lived in a shell. It may sound sad for you to hear that, but it's true. I have been so scared of change that I have isolated myself from people and new things. It is not a bad thing, but it just creates a rut and you start to never believe in yourself. You think your are not good enough and that when people say certain things it is not true. You worry so much that you can't make a decision because you worry of all of the bad things that might happen. That is what has stopped me from progressing because I have been afraid and when I think too much about a situation, I can't move forward. I usually don't make a decision in the end. It has hurt me, but I have realized that in the end it will all work and out and we will be on the path we were supposed to be. It has been hard to move forward and I think it is hard for anybody because we can't see what it will be like on the other side. That is a risk we have to take because if not, we will be in a rut and we will not progress.

That has been me for the past few years. I have progressed in sports and other things, but I have not reached my full potential in life because of fear. I think we all do that because we don't really like change. I have also realized that when we are in a rut or down in our own lives, we still need to help others because that is the purpose of life.

Helping people is what truly helps us progress because when we help others for the right reasons, that is when we move forward in our own lives. It is easy and you don't have to be something to help someone. That is what I have learned when things don't go my way or when I focus only on me. I realized that there are other people out there that need help and I need to do something to help them.