September 15, 2007

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

• I feared failure until I realised that I only fail when I don’t try.

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

• I feared people’s 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 realised that it’s not an end, but a beginning.

• I feared my destiny, until I realised that I had the power to change my life.

• I feared hate until I saw that 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 how to laugh at myself.

• I feared growing old until I realised that I gained wisdom every day.

• I feared the future until I realised that life just kept getting better.

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

• I feared the dark until I saw the beauty of the starlight.

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

Contributed by Sindhu Motwani