Hello guys,

Right now I’m like living in a black hole. Too much has happened during the past 2 weeks and I hadn’t the time to really recover from all this. I had nothing but stupid and bad feelings to write about so I decided not to. Today tough, a friend of mine got in touch with me and gave me this poem that really touched something inside. I know I’ve recognized myself, moments of my life, in some of the verses bellow.

I Feared
I feared being alone
Until I learned to like
Myself.

I feared failure
Until I realized that I only
Fail when I don’t try.

I feared success
Until I realized
That I had to try
In order to be happy
With myself.

I feared people’s opinions
Until I learned that
People would have opinions
About me anyway.

I feared rejection
Until I learned to
Have faith in myself.

I feared pain
Until I learned that
it’s necessary
For growth.

I feared the truth
Until I saw the
Ugliness in lies.

I feared life
Until I experienced
Its beauty .

I feared death
Until I realized that it’s
Not an end, but a beginning.

I feared my destiny,
Until I realized that
I had the power to change
My life.

I feared hate
Until I saw that it
Was nothing more than
Ignorance.

I feared love
Until it touched my heart,
Making the darkness fade
Into endless sunny days.

I feared ridicule
Until I learned how
To laugh at myself.

I feared growing old
Until I realized that
I gained wisdom every day.

I feared the future
Until I realized that
Life just kept getting
Better.

I feared the past
Until I realized that
It could no longer hurt me.

I feared the dark
Until I saw the beauty
Of the starlight.

I feared the light
Until I learned that the
Truth would give me
Strength.

I feared change,
Until I saw that
Even the most beautiful butterfly
Had to undergo a metamorphosis
Before it could fly.

Till next time,
The Lion.^[1]

1. The song to this post is: Hanson – Weird. Open “Lion’s Radio” and scroll down to listen to it. [»]