Notice how fear loves a wavering mind. When you're unsure whether to do something, the dread builds, the what-ifs multiply, and every passing minute makes the thing feel scarier. Rosa Parks understood where that fear really comes from, and how to beat it. I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, she wrote, this diminishes fear. It's a quiet line from a woman who became a symbol of courage, and it says something surprising. Fear isn't always conquered by becoming braver. Often it fades the moment you stop wavering and simply decide. Once your mind is truly made up, once you know what you have to do, there's no more room for the hesitation that fear feeds on. The decision itself is the courage. Everything after that is just following through.
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