Fear.

Isn't strange how you can think you have dealt with something, have really sorted through the emotional landslide to survive, move on and rebuild, and then a trigger occurs, out of the blue, and throws you immediately back under the wreckage.

It is a terrifying place to be, to wonder if you can survive and rebuild again. Beyond fearing the flashback, you can begin to realise that you found the way out once before, and you will do it again. But fear, fear is what holds us back.

I know it is so cliché. But it is so cliché because it is so true.

A few weeks ago I was walking behind some students at uni who were talking about a five year old kid they know and how he has no problem doing anything and they were wondering when they stopped doing anything. I thought about it and came to the conclusion that as a young child you have little grasp of what there is to loose. Because there is no knowledge of what there is to loose, only to gain, there is no fear. With no fear, there is nothing holding you back and you jump at every opportunity and throw yourself in.

Without fear holding us back, is there any reason not to experience it all?

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