Ladies and Gentlemen I'm afraid

[haele]

16. Normal to be afraid. My generation had similar fears, and I'm in my 50's.

You can fight the fears by working to change those things you fear, you can put the fears on a back burner and make the decision to go on with your life the best you can, or you can succumb to those fears by either deadening yourself with substance abuse or let them control your life as you spin yourself around and around in circles trying to protect yourself and go no-where.

Those are pretty much your choices. And there's nothing wrong with putting the fear on a back burner if you don't think you're strong enough to fight.

But I'll let you know one thing - if you choose to succumb to the fear or let it control your life, then the fear has won, and you'll live your life with a beast digging its claws into your back and eating your brain and any good you might do.

Life is a trickle of water; a stream that goes on and on, joining with others until it finally becomes part of the greater ocean at the end. And no one knows how close to the ocean they are.

Haele