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Fear Is a Fault All Its Own

We all have that one thing in the world that scares us. I’m not talking about the little things, I’m not talking about how heights make me cringe, I’m not even talking about how public speaking makes my face turn red. The fears I’m talking about are the ones that we don’t say aloud, the ones we hold inside, the voices of doubt in our heads. These fears are truly dangerous because they are the voices within in us that tell us we can’t accomplish what we want most in the world. That my friends is truly something to be afraid of. When I was growing up I wanted to be a writer, I wanted to be the next J.K. Rowling because being the nerdy kid in school, the only identity I felt I had was with my books. As I grew older I completely veered away from who I was, not necessarily because there was a problem with it but because I longed to be something other than the girl who was a bookworm. I think everyone longs to change their identity at some point but, I think what we all forget is that ev...