Emerson advises us:
"Always do
what you are afraid to do."

Make a list–
perhaps just five items long–
of those things
you fear the most to do
    because the risk is to great,
    the potential  ridicule too painful,
    the possible loss deadly.

This week,
do one of them:
    tell the truth;
    release your grip;
    step off the edge…

On the other side?
    Liberation.
    Transformation.
    Wonder.
    Self-knowledge.
    God.

Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.