I feared

I feared…

… being alone until I learned to like myself. 

… failure until I realized that I only fail when I don't try. 

… people's opinions until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway. 

… rejection until I learned to have faith in myself. 

… pain until I learned that it's necessary for growth. 

… the truth until I saw the ugliness in lies. 

… life until I experienced its beauty. 

… death until I realized that it's not an end but a beginning. 

… my destiny, until I realized that I had the power to change my life. 

… hate until I saw that it was nothing more than ignorance. 

… love until it touched my heart, making the darkness fade into sunny days. 

… ridicule until I learned how to laugh at myself. 

… growing old until I realized that I gained wisdom every day. 

… the future until I realized that life just kept getting better. 

… the dark until I saw the beauty of the starlight. 

… the light until I learned that the truth would give me strength. 

… change until I saw that even the most beautiful butterfly had to go through metamorphosis before it could fly.

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