FEAR

"I am fear. I am the menace that lurks in the path of life, never 

visible to the eye but sharply felt in the heart. I am the father of 
despair, the brother of procrastination, the enemy of progress, 
the tool of tyranny. Born of ignorance and nursed on misguided 
thought, I have darkened more hopes, stifled more ambitions, 
shattered more ideals and prevented more accomplishments 
than history could ever record.

 
" Like the changing chameleon, I assume many disguises. I 
masquerade as caution. I am sometimes known as doubt or 
worry. But whatever I'm called, I am still fear, the obstacle of 
achievement.

 
" I know no master but one. It's name is understanding. I have 
no power but what the human mind gives me, and I vanish 
completely when the light of understanding reveals the facts as 
they really are, for I am really nothing.

 
" You see, if you have the courage to acknowledge your fears, 
you will be taking the first step toward controlling them instead 
of them controlling you. And if you take the next step toward 
understanding, you will be able to move past them to 
compassion,... perhaps even to love."

 
Author Unknown