Fear

"I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. I will face my fear, I will let it pass through me!"

Fear is an interesting thing. I find I experience it often. Therefore, I am going to make a list of things I'm afraid of, in an effort to face it. I will even make an attempt to rank them.

1. I'm not as good a writer as I've always assumed I am.
2. Living the rest of my life alone.
3. Men. Especially very attractive men.
4. Getting fat and/or ugly (I know, I'm so superficial, it's true).
5. Disappointing people.
6. Being perceived by others as boring.
7. Talking too much.
8. Losing my temper (which probably should be higher on the list, because I do that a lot).
9. That I will never actually read all the books I have on my bookshelf.
10. Extreme heights.

I will now contemplate all the ways I can face my fear and let it pass through me.