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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
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