As a short and skinny guy, this song made me feel invincible. I sang it all the time because it made me feel so cool and tough. 

“I ain’t never scared.” I ain’t never scared. I ain’t never scared!”

The lyrics made me feel so powerful because truthfully, I was scared all of the time.  I was scared to watch scary movies. I was scared to talk to the girls. I was scared to approach bullies. And the list goes on and on. 

And if I’m honest, I still get scared all of the time. Everybody does. It’s apart of what makes us human.

Growing up, I used to think that being powerful and courageous was about never being scared. But I’ve learned that courage isn’t the absence of fear. Courage is being afraid and choosing to do it anyway. Courage is when that fear is fully present and you still choose to go for it. 

You do it anyway. 

In other words, fear is what you’re feeling. Courage is what you’re doing.

Although the fear may never go away, we don’t have to allow it to to continue to hold us back. We can choose to be courageous. 

We can choose to dream bigger. We can choose to make better products. We can choose to come up with better ideas. We can choose to be better than we were yesterday. 

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