FEAR.

You’re afraid you will amount to nothing.

A tangible nothingness that exists and occupies space;

A nothing that matters.

You’re afraid you will amount to something.

A something that comes close but falls too short;

An almost something.

You’re afraid you will amount to everything.

An everything that comes with a pedestal;

An everything that means nothing.

You’re afraid.

“Tell your fear that it can come along for the ride, but it’s not in the driver’s seat any more. Because if you can’t learn to travel comfortably alongside your fear, then you’ll never be able to go anywhere interesting or do anything interesting. And that would be a pity, because your life is short and you want to be able to do really interesting things and make interesting things while you’re still here. The clock is ticking and we simply do not have time to think so small.” ~Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic.