Foolishness

"If you aren't willing to look foolish; you are foolish."  Excerpt from: In a pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day

I read these words and they stuck with me.  How often have I missed out on doing something because I was scared of looking foolish but how foolish is that?  I have recently had an athlete not want to play in a game because she was scared of messing up.  She was scared of looking foolish.  She has missed out on some quality playing time and FUN!  When you're young there is that immediate regret over something you may have done right then.  As you get older, and granted I'm only now starting to realize this, you have more regret over the things you didn't do than the things you did do.  This applies to many areas of life.  All of this being said there is no Fear in the Lord.  The spirit of Fear is from the enemy.  Foolishness is in a matter of perspective.  Often one may look at me and think that was foolish, but that individual doesn't see the whole picture.  They don't know what I know.  The beat of a drum often times sounds different if no other instruments are being played... or can be heard along with it.