Fear of Flying

Fine Art America

I'm at a complete loss when people reject for what they so desperately yearn..when people repeat vicious patterns of destruction in order to maintain mediocrity, when people surround themselves with those who do not strive for anything greater in order to stay in an envelope of comfort, no matter how contrived. Why we sabotage our own successes, I do not understand, and yet it must be excused because it is part of the process. Bystanders are quick to judge because to the rest of the world, why wouldn't you want to escape cycles of violence that have served noone--does it not make the most sense to flee from the circumstances that have for so long challenged your ability to reach your fullest self?

This "fear of flying" is marked by second-guessing one's self, an anxiety stemming from a belief that the universe might reject us, even when we are showing up as our best possible selves. This limbo in which we exist, though exhausting, is often perceived as a haven, for it is comfortable and warrants no change, nor the need to do the work to overcome the inertia and build momentum towards our goals and successes.

I yearn for the day when we can gladly and openly accept that the universe does not work against us, it works in concert and is for us--it is opened to and for us...inhale this truth, and exhale an open-hearted, open-minded being. Release this into existence and free-fall into the possibility...