Do not be afraid of life.
Do not be afraid of the increasingly foreboding skies, or of the rising tides. Do not be afraid of the cold, hard, and ugly facts, or the warm, soft, and beautiful lies. Do not be afraid of the darkness, or of the light. Do not be afraid of dire predictions, or flattering opinions. Do not be afraid of fiction, or of truth. Do not be afraid of the ignorance of youth, or the wisdom of age. Do not be afraid of the joker or the sage. Do not be afraid of what people say about you. Just ask yourself if they are better off with you or without you?
Do not be afraid of the well known or the unknown, the well worn or the newborn. Do not be afraid of the different, of the foreign, of the common, or the strange. Do not be afraid of the obscure. Do not be afraid of the sickness, or of the cure. Do not be afraid of the sacred, the profane, the blessing or the flame. Fear will only kill you.
Do not be afraid of the future, or of the past.
Do not be afraid, even, of being afraid my friend.
And do not be afraid of death.
