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Saige Apr 2019
Fear,
it's like a giant wall,
A wall you cannot pass.
On the other side of that wall
are your dreams.
But you have to find a way to the other side.
Face your fears, find your dreams.
k Jul 2018
Closing your eyes
While feeling your skin burn
You've come to despise
The lessons you can't learn

Silently sinking
Through an infinite space
Closing your eyes
As you come face to face

With the water that drowns you
Seeps through your hair
Open your eyes
And you breathe it like air
wes parham Nov 2014
the pain of holding back the flood.
only one way out and it's through.
face it.  be strong, it won't take you.
feel it, become it, trust that madness.
revel in it's starkness, it's truth.  it's own reality.
because when you come out the other side,
you may be bruised,
bloodied,
there will be parts, even, missing.
but you will survive improved,
intact,
lovable and beautiful.
Confronted with fears of the mind, sometimes you just have to think through them.  That is, think _about_ them despite the pain.  Revel in bad thought; wear it out.  Take the worse-case scenarios even _farther in thought experiments.  Embrace the fantasy of something forbidden or impractical (or even impossible).  Revel in it in the safe sandbox of your mind.  It is your sanctuary, your universe, your workshop to manage life's troubles, free from limits, judgment, or consequence.

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