Fear

I give a lot of the credit for the ideas in this poem to Thom Rutledge in his book Embracing Fear. It is a good book and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

"Fear"

Fear
Will you let yourself be afraid?
Will you sit with it?
Accept it, but not necessarily agree with it?
Will you put courage beside it?
Along side of it?

What are you afraid of?
Is it failure?
Is it success?
What lies beneath the initial fear?
What's your true fear?

Can you come out of the box?
Step through or climb over the wall?
Do you dare?
Why or why not?

Can you or will you follow your dreams?
What are they?
Do they scare you?
Will you face them?
Are you afraid of them,
Nervous about them?

Can you sit with the fear?
Will you?
Fear is a part of life
Will you accept that?
Can you?

Baby Steps
Baby Steps in facing fear,
Accepting fear,
Dealing with fear,
Putting things beside it.

We all have fear
And that's just fine
Fear