Fear

We go through our lives afraid of things. All sorts of fear. Failure. Hurting yourself. Disappointing someone or hurting them. Disappointing yourself.You can't let that fear get the better of you.Everyone has fear; some people just hide it better.I think I hide it pretty well. I plan big extravagant trips. I take things apart and (sometimes) put them back together. I make my own ammunition (which, if you stop and think about it is scary. I'm putting together a small explosion (well, a very rapid burn) that I intend on setting off inches from my face). I blog about all this with seeming disregard for what people think of me."What if people think I'm weird?"People already know I'm weird. If someone doesn't like me for who I am then I'm probably better off without them.Sure... I'm still afraid. I'm not going out and telling all my secrets all at once. That being said I'm getting increasingly annoyed by keeping my life separate. I'm not ready yet to give them all up.

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Like I was saying though. You can't let fear stop you from living.Go out and try. Sure, you'll fail sometime. Like the old saying goes... get back on the horse. Try again.Fear, at some times, keeps us safe. At other times it just holds us back.