fearless

I came upon a new blog a few weeks ago. The last entry posted caught my interest. I'm a sucker for well-written and insightful reads. Hence, I skimmed through its archive hoping to find similar works. It didn't take long though as the blog was relatively new, which I have mentioned three sentences ago.

Anyway, I found another one that drew my attention. It was his opening entry, his introduction. Apparently, the site was created by a seasoned blogger. It was meant to be his avenue for a more uninhibited storytelling.

His words, his thoughts were very familiar as I found myself in exactly the same position since two months ago. Until recently, I have felt so detached from my craft. I was thinking that a do over might help. A fresh start. A new blog. A new identity. I have thought long and hard, weighed things, and then I read his entry. It reminded me why this blog exists.

One Minute Before Dawn was born out of the need to express the truth. My truth. When I started this blog, I promised never to hide what I really feel. Not in real life and especially, not in here.

The reason why I can't seem to post anything decent lately is the fact that I don't want to write about things that I really, really need to write about.

Words that might hurt other people.

Thoughts that might be taken wrongly.

Ideas that might make other people judge me.

Therefore, I end up with nothing to tackle.

Fear has always been the biggest hindrance to all the good things in life.

I have learned to conquer mine, and I don't know how it gets any better than this.