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5-27-04

10:22 pm



You say I have a fear of failure.

And that is why I can�t move on.

You aren�t the first to point this out.

I am sure you won�t be the last.

But here is my point.

How can you have a fear?

Of the only thing you have never known.

If I have never known success.

How can I fear it?

How can I fear the only thing I know?

Failure is a familiar uncomfortable place for me.

At least it is a known enemy.

In a world where everything is in revolt against me.

Why should I pick another battleground?

Why should I choose to move to the unfamiliar?

Only to be faced with more failure and more revolt.

I can�t even get my body to work with me.

Why should I expect anyone else to?

I can not gather support from anyone or anything.

Therefore I can not enter a battle.

Knowing I will be beat.

It is not a fear of failure.

It is a fear of the unknown.

It is a fear of no support.

One can not go into battle with no army behind them.