and supported, instead of cautioned and
screamed at, for taking huge leaps into
the unknown. We give a lot of lip service
to the idea that anything is possible, and
we all grow up with posters of kittens
and baby seals on our walls that say
follow your dreams on them, but should
you actually do something radical, all
the flashing lights and sirens go off.
Know what I’m sayin’?
Fear lives in the future. The feeling
of being afraid is real, but the fear itself
is all made up because it hasn’t even
happened yet—death, going bankrupt,
breaking a leg, forgetting our lines,
getting yelled at for being late, getting
rejected, etc. Most of the time we have