As with so many poems, this one is the reflection of a flash of realization… Not a realization that fear holds me back, but the realization that I can choose to step beyond fear. It’s a simple realization, really - the old truth that we only live fully when we leave our comfort zones... And yet, it presented itself in this new way: “Everything worth having lies on the other side of fear”. It’s not that there’s no more fear, but that fear is, in many ways, like a horizon - a line that can be crossed. As with all horizons, when it is crossed, a new one forms. This is a good thing - to keep on travelling, pushing forward. Not to stop because we’ve crossed a line, but to feel the achievement, recover and replenish... Then, aim for the next. Every so often, the horizon disappears because, in our running for it, we suddenly realize that we’re flying and the world spreads out beneath us, limitless... And that is when we glimpse the potential of life...
Women's Spiritual Poetry