**I feared being alone until **
**I learned to like myself. **
I feared failure until I realised that
**I only fail when I don’t try. **
**I feared success until I realised **
**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 realised that it’s
**not an end, but a beginning. **
**I feared my destiny, until I realised 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 realised 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 realised 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.
Auther: Unknown