Cara E. Yar Khan : The beautiful balance between courage and fear

Cara E. Yar Khan·TEDWomen 2019
The beautiful balance between courage and fear
Summary
I didn’t realize that the speaker used a wheelchair completely. She was diagnosed with a severe disease that leads to quadriplegia but that is no proved treatment or cure.
However, the most disheartening thing was not to be diagnosed but to listen to other people's advise. They told her to quit her international career, give up marriage, and there were limitations to have dreams and ambitions. However, the speaker ignored them. She thought that obstacles and fear don't necessarily immediately set thus she must have been able to have one way or another with courage.

All people’s lives are already scary. For our dreams coming true, we need to be brave. In facing our fears and finding the courage to push through them. Our courage has to outweigh our fear.

The speaker tells us a lesson of our life which is finding the balance between fear and courage is important and understanding what is and what isn't a good idea.

She doesn’t give up her career which is working around the world, climbing Grand Canyon, and swimming in the river. One after the other, she is done.

Words in this story
quadriplegia /kwädrəˈplēj(ē)ə/quad ri ple gi a