this is beautiful del.juana juana aka speedie/wildcat2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 9:11 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: FEAR.
> > Hi, Del, > This is beautiful, and has so much truth to it; thanks for sharing such a > beautiful post. am behind again, trying to catch up. > > Sandy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: delma bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 7:40 AM > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] FEAR. > > >> >> >> >>>Fear >> >>>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. >> >> >>>author unknown >> >> Delma >> >> > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.4/935 - Release Date: 8/3/2007 > 5:46 PM > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
