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~ I  FEARED ~

I feared being alone ...
until I learned to like myself.

I feared failure ...
until I realized that I only fail when I don't try.

I feared success ...
until I realized that I had to try in order to be happy with myself.

I feared peoples opinions ...
until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway.

I feared rejection ...
until I learned to have faith in myself.

I feared pain ...
until I learned that it's necessary for growth.

I feared the truth ...
until I saw the ugliness in lies.

I feared life ...
until I experienced its beauty.

I feared death ...
until I realized that it's not an end but a beginning.

I feared my destiny ...
until I realized that I had the power to change my life.

I feared hate ...
until I realized it was nothing more than ignorance.

I feared love ...
until it touched my heart making the darkness fade into
endless sunny days.

I feared ridicule ...
until I learned to laugh at myself.

I feared growing old ...
until I realized that I gained wisdom everyday.

I feared the future ...
until I realized that life just kept getting better everyday.

I feared the past ...
until I realized that it could no longer hurt me.

I feared the darkness ...
until I saw the beauty of the starlight.

I feared the light ...
until I learned that the truth would give me strength.

I feared change ...
until I saw that even the most
beautiful butterfly had to undergo a
metamorphosis before it could fly.

~ Author Unknown ~

We have nothing to fear but fear itself
--Franklin D. Roosevelt

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
--Spanish proverb

You don't face your fears, you stand up to them.
--Unknown

Fear not that your life will someday end.
Fear only that you do nothing with it.