I am afraid that if I reveal my true self, you may reject me, scorn me, and abandon me.

I am afraid that if I try my hardest to succeed, I may fail time and time again.

I am afraid that if I do succeed I will not be able to handle the responsibility, accountability, and visibility that always accompanies success.

I am afraid that if I follow my heart, my instincts and my intuition that I may be wrong in your eyes and in the eyes of others.

I am afraid that if I stand for what I believe I may be left standing alone.

I am afraid if I say something you don’t like that you’ll be angry with me, won’t like me, and you’ll leave me.

I am afraid that at the end of my lifetime I may have accumulated only failure and rejection.

And because of these fears I do what I think you want me to do and do what I think the masses want me to do, and in doing all these things, I loose my self, my integrity, and my spirit.

However, I have found that there are but only a very few of these fears that have any truth to them at all.

And so, today, as I navigate through these old beliefs, fears, and voices from the past, I have only one fear: I fear that when I’m on my deathbed I’ll look back and see where I sold out to false fear and lived not a life of authenticity.

Therefore, I hold this moment as the only one I have to allow my true essence to shine. And when I allow my true self to be the sail on this vessel of life, I confront these old fears, one-by-one, take back my personal power and live a life of fearless courage.

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