Facing Fear

A river quivers with fear as it approaches the sea. It glances back at the path it has followed, from the high mountain peaks, the meandering road across forests and villages, and ahead of it it sees a huge and boundless ocean that appears to devour everything in its path. But there is no other way. The river has no choice but to go forward, as does everyone else. To go back is to negate one's being. The river has to brave the challenge of entering the ocean, because that is the only way to conquer its fear. For that is where the river will discover it is not vanishing into the ocean, but becoming part of it.