I have been trying to face my fears lately, expanding on my knowledge, finding beauty where I refused to look.

I have had a really big fear of something since I was a small child, and I have been gently prodding myself, askig myself soft questions every now and again, thinking on it, watching videos about it, looking at photos and trying to understand. To grasp and SEE, outside of the 20-odd years of panic that I have felt when the subject has been brought up.

I feel like it is working. I have a healthy appreciation, and am... more secure-feeling about it. I feel like I am lifting a shround that I previously refused to acknowledge.