Fear is the Mind Killer
{stolen from a post I just wrote on a password-protected blog I follow. The impetus was a recurring theme about the person’s fear of flying, which itself is okay — I guess (I personally think it’s overcome-able, with patience and education). But when that fear keeps you from doing things you WANT TO DO, like take an unexpected trip or see something you’ve always wanted to see, well then, that’s just wrong.}
Here’s my personal life statement. Do with it what you will (it may not work for you, but I used to not do a lot of things out of fear of “what might happen”):

