Walking Through Fire: Change Can Be Scary, But It’s Worth It
“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” ~Charles Bukowski
I used to be scared to walk through the fire.
I was scared to do deeply unsettling, terrifying, hard things.
I was scared to face my biggest fears and struggles head on.
And for the greater part of my twenties, I did everything I could to avoid the heat.
In particular, there was one fire that scared me to my core.
As I graduated college, I was the happiest I’d ever been: I’d met my very best friends, traveled to small, colonial Mexican towns, studied meaningful subjects, …