There are times in your life when you live in fear, and that fear becomes almost a habit.  Everything in your life becomes ruled by that fear.  Sometimes it takes a friend to call you out on this fear, other times, you have to come face to face with it in some traumatic way.  Either method forces you to make a decision: to stay with the fear or to turn around and face the light. 

There is a saying that you have to walk through your fear.  No, I don't think that's how you conquer your fear.  I think you conquer it when you decide to turn your back on that fear.  It's when you turn yourself completely around so that you don't face the fear anymore, but instead you face Light.  Light which is a heavily used metaphor for love, hope, happiness, and peace. 

Why is Light a metaphor for such things?  I think it is because Light illuminates, it allows you to see things you never could have seen in the darkness.  Most of all, it forces you to look at things the way they are.  The truth of the matter is laid out before you, while in darkness, you would not be able to see or discern what lay before you.  Since humans rely on our senses, and especially our culture, is so orientated on visual stimulation, light being able to illuminate things is so crucial to our lives, our thoughts, and our dreams. 

By understanding myself.  I seek to understand my body - especially how it works so I can take care of it.  I seek to understand my mind, my spirituality, my soul.  And really, for me, the only way to properly do this, is to take some time out of my busy life to walk in nature alone.  To walk and talk with God.  To push myself beyond my comfort zone.  To not give up on myself.  I wouldn't give up on my friends, so how could I not do less for my own self?

Whenever I see two tall objects next to each other, I must walk through it.  It's not really a must, but ideally, I prefer to step through the small space between the objects.  Its reminscent of my childhood, where I was convinced when I walked through that small space, I entered another world.

So before I walk into my work, I walk between two posts.  The gateway to my work.  I wouldn't call it a whole new world, but it certainly seems to exist on its own plane at times.

It's simple things like that, which stimulate my imagination and transform the mundane into a fantastical happening.  Oh, how life often relies on fantastical happenings in order to become fulfilling and adventurous. 

Thus, I begin my new blog here at Gaia with thoughts of new worlds and fantastical happenings, for that is my plan in life.  I shall venture forth into the world, and with every step I take, I shall hopefully encounter more fantasical happenings.  Even if I don't, well, I'll just have to create some for myself.