When we think of the most common villains in movies, the ones causing the most problems, the ones being battled against, we usually think of Godzilla, The Joker, or some type of Aliens.
But underneath so many movies, there is one common villain people are suffering under the power of…the sun. The constant ball of fire at the center of everything.
The rocket ship can’t get too close to it else the heat shield burns up, it’s making living conditions in New York city unbearable during the summer with no AC, it needs to not be so hot because our characters are in the desert and have sunburn, if the sun would come out it would be day time and the monsters would go back home.
In movies we don’t expect the sun to accommodate humans in their daily lives, or life long goals or missions. In movies, they find another way, regardless of what the sun does. It’s simply going to be there, doing its thing, and the humans have to deal with it.
The equivalent, the most common villain in your life and in mine, is fear. It’s not lack of opportunity, lack of fans, lack of songs, lack of a great manager or team…the most common villain is fear.
We are constantly battling it’s effects and we don’t even realize it. And it’s never completely going away. If it does, you need to find something new to spend your time doing. Causes facing fear everyday means you’re on the right track. You’re growing.
So the goal is to work with it, to dance with it, to use the useful parts to your advantage.
Never make decisions based out of fear; but that doesn’t mean fear won’t constantly be on the fringe, trying to impose it’s will on to you.
If you’re doing something worth while, fear is going to beat down on you, that’s partly how you know your work is worth doing.
The more meaningful your work, the more you’re going to have to face fear everyday.
Fear is the villain. You are the hero. Everyday.
