Fear

What I fear weren't the objects that can hurt me nor the people that might despise me but rather what I fear is my inability to face the objects that can hurt me and the people that might despise me.

Fear is inherently difficult to ignore. We have phobias, aversions and dislikes. What we need to do is face all of these and turn them into our strength. But what to do when indeed what you really fear is within yourself, the inability to face them is perhaps more damaging than the objects that we fear.

We can't ignore them because life itself is full of these 'fears' but what we can is force ourselves to solve these 'fears' one by one, bit by bit until the time comes when we can finally face it. But alas, what if those are false hopes? Fear is inevitable but what we can do is put a mask above our real selves and face it. Embrace the character. Let yourself loose. Be someone. But again, don't lose yourself in the process. Because once your mask becomes too fitting and too tight against your face there is no way for it to come undone.

Be somewhere where you can take off that mask and fear now and again. Don't be scared to fear something, just persevere. Because everyone has a mask that they hide behind. You just can't distinguish them because they're all smiling.