(Week 14) My Last Words

It may sound a little morbid, but I have thought a lot about what my last words would be if my time were up. Of course, over the years, what I’ve thought my last word would be has changed. When my time is up, whether that be in life, in a relationship, in a specific place, I want my last words to reflect what I’ve learned in my life and what I wish those whom I have encountered throughout my life to understand. When all is said and done, at this stage in my life pertaining to every aspect of it, my last words would be these: “fear is merely a state of mind; one that is conquered by the love and faith of good friends.” When I look back on these last 18 years of my life, I reflect on the good, the bad, and the ugly. My ‘last words’ are an accumulation of it all. I’ve realized that the things which I didn’t do that I could have, the things which I did wrong that I should have admitted to, the things I wanted to do but didn’t make time for were the result of fear. In those instances, the times in which I was able to overcome that fear I attribute to the support and love of good friends. Fear is something that affects everyone, some more than others, but we often overlook our ability to diminish fear. We have a power over fear that often goes unrecognized because of how much power we allow fear to have over us. It took me all too long to grasp this concept but it has been something that has given me strength and allowed me to pursue many more things that I have not only wanted for myself but that have bettered my life. This is important for others to hear and implement into their lives because when we use the people around us to overcome the fear that hinders us, we are capable of so much more than we thought we were. Fear is merely a state of mind; one that is conquered by the love and faith of good friends.”