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Jun 2010
A little boy
walks up his mother and
says
“Mother,
I am
scared”

The mother will lean down
ever so gently
and say in the most
uninterested way
“There is
nothing
to be afraid
of”

The little boy
will listen
and take
that into his mind
but when the storm
comes
rocking his house
and tearing it to
small pieces
he will still be
afraid
but he will over come
it and survive
to see his house
in one piece

A young soldier
walks up to his captain and
says
“Captain,
I am
scared”

The Captain will look at him
with hard eyes
and say in the most
uninterested way
“There is
nothing
you can be afraid
of”

The young soldier
will listen
and take
that into his mind
but when the enemy
comes
killing his friends
and leaving him to
die there
he will still be
afraid
but he will over come
it and survive
to see his friends
safely recovered in the hospital


A young man
walks up to another young man and
says
“Man,
I am
scared”

The other young man won’t even look at him
putting him on edge
and say in the most
uninterested way
“Then you’re
letting
someone scare
you”

The young man
will listen
and take
that into his mind
but when his life
starts moving
making him more
afraid than ever
and he refuses help
for fear of being
afraid even more
he will still be
afraid
but he will not over come
it and he shall only survive
to see that other young man
take over the duties that he
was unable to perform
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