Friday, December 12, 2014

Standing up to fear


If you have a deep fear of being alone, you'll betray yourself a thousand times.

You'll go blind when you're afraid to see the truth.
You'll go deaf when someone hurts you with their words.
You'll lie to yourself so you can stay in denial.
You'll play it small so no one feels threatened.
You'll ignore your inner voice, choosing ignorance instead. 
You'll hurt yourself rather than risk upsetting someone else.
You'll long for more, but will be paralyzed by self-doubt.
You'll waste your life living for others rather than yourself.

You'll be stuck here until you pull fear up by it's roots.
You uproot it by not acting out co-dependent behaviors.
You stop looking for others to fill your emptiness -
better to leave it empty than fill it with falseness. 
And you take a strong stand for yourself...
 and what you believe in.

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