Friday, September 10, 2010

Opposites

More learning.
As i come out of a darkness that i now recognize.
that darkness has a name,
fear.
It robs us blind,
immobilizes us
and makes it so we can not see past the darkness.
Oh, there was plenty to be afraid of,
the things i could no longer do,
the fear of trying things that i used to do well.

That which paralyzed me was fear
and it is not a good friend to have.
Away from the things i could do,
i only saw the things i could not.
It left me immobilized and weak,
unwilling to even try.

It is recognized
and with that recognition,
it losses its strength
and i can continue on.

1 comment:

Gail said...

HI JOEY

I fight the same fear, every day and with every step. SOme moments are better than others and I win, some times fear wins - quite the crap shoot!!

Love you man
Gail
peace and ho-pe......

p.s. if you read the 2 posts before this last one you will see some of what happened as of late. The one titled "Don't let me die in front of Wal-Mart is the 'tell-all"'!!