Rollercoaster

There are times in life when you fear. I don’t that think anyone has spoken about dealing with it quite as eloquently as Morrie Schwartz, so I will step aside and let him tell you himself:

By throwing yourself into these emotions, allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely. You know what fear is. Recognize its’ texture, moisture, the shiver down the back, the quick flash of heat that crosses your brain - then you are able to say, “Okay. This is fear. Step away from it. Step away.”

- adapted from Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom -

For me, fear is when the mind closes in (this usually happens when I find myself in a dentist’s chair or eye-to-eye with a doctor’s syringe). Fingertips turn cold and there are walls everywhere I turn. I want to grasp blindly.

How on earth does one step away? I think as with all other quagmires, you hang on to someone or something and heave. I think that the someone(s) are those who love you enough to somehow will things to work out, and the something is your faith and perspective.

Hold on. It will pass - like rollercoaster rides, waiting IS the worst part. Let's do a day at a time and before you know it, we'll be on the sunny-side-up again. You are one of the most fearless persons I know.