unafraid

The house was so quiet, as if everyone had been spirited out of sight. I had a feeling of moving through time itself. I saw myself as a small, scurrying animal rushing into my future. But I was not afraid.

...whatever happens I'll not be afraid again; for, when you've once pushed through the place of torment to the peace beyond, you know that you can do it again. You know there's a strength somewhere that you can call upon. You've confidence.

Beauty... Is what you are after a lifetime of struggle in the face of hostility, surviving, and standing scarred and unafraid, triumphant before your enemies.

Don__ be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.

You__e not going to always hit a home run in life. You__e going to strike out! You__e going to walk to the dugout of life, frustrated, while spectators chirp your name in judgment. They__e afraid to even get on the field, and you know it. The fact that you get back up there, unafraid, going after that next home run, makes you the person you are.

I came to see myself one day and it was like looking into a mirror. I came to see that at any given moment, I am both equally ready to stay and to leave. It__ like I always have my luggage with me and I can unpack or repack on short notice. I guess that__ something you can call a traveler__ heart. You are ready to stay with every atom in your body; but you are also ready to leave that way. You__e not afraid of forever but you__e also not afraid of nothing at all.

I have licked the fire and danced in the ashes of every bridge I ever burned. I fear no hell from you.