99.99999% of your fears

live only in your imagination,

in anticipation, and in memory.

Even if the ‘worst’ happens,

you’ll find yourself dealing with it in the moment,

responding from a place of presence.

You don’t have to deal with it now.

You’ll handle it then.

And who knows:

The ‘worst’ thing may turn out

to be your greatest teacher,

your most profound call to awakening,

an invitation to the kind of courage

of which you’d never thought yourself capable.

Fear isn’t your enemy,

but a signpost.

Breathe into the moment.

– Jeff Foster