Facing Fear
Fear is the root of all evil. Yoda from Star Wars said, "Fear leads to anger, anger to hatred, hatred leads to suffering". I am perpetually angry. I wasn't always like this. But life happened, and I dealt with its blows one after another. This year has been a massive eye opener for me. I decided to say goodbye to my hugely attention seeking, dramatic self and went into overdrive hermit mode. The result, dealing with backlogs of emotional shit that I very conveniently shoved under the rug before. My sister tells me 'you're too boring and normal now'. I take it as a compliment that my normal exterior is doing a good job at hiding my tumultuous interior. I wake up each day, trying to be a better person. Some days are status quo and some days I fall miserably on my face. That's okay, though. I'll keep trying. In the midst of all this shadow work, heart chakra healing, meditation, shielding, anxiety, palpitations and now finally the last resort, medicati