Fear

Fear

What can I say about Fear?

Real. Breathing.

Alive.

Scary as hell.

Likes to lead into panic attacks

- with all his “What if?” noises.

Talk about lurking in the shadows of living!

Fear has that lurking down to a perfect science!

How often I have found myself curled up

with tears making tracks down my cheeks because of Fear.

Or absolutely crippled,

unable to move or accomplish anything,

due to Fear being so large, so Real.

Fear is still around,

and at times still loud and stinky.

But more and more,

he is banished to below the bridge.

And if he reaches for me,

I tend to stomp his ugly hand.

“Not today, just NO!”

There is so much in this life where Fear attaches itself.

Fear is bigger than me.

But I am too stubborn to let Fear be stronger than me 😉

He can have his place in my life –

And sometimes,

it causes me to be just a bit more cautious than I would have been without him.

But.

He no longer gets to be the Leader.