Interesting you mention a horse too, I had a dream recently where I was on top of a hill and all around was a sea of horses, they all looked the same, standing still, brown horses – with the exception of one. The exception was a grey/white horse and it was playful and cheeky. I felt I was being guided to come out of my comfort zone, but there was not a need for a huge leap, but to test the waters and enjoy baby steps, and I did.

Fear can traumatise and stunt our personal growth, but it also has its benefits in that fear can act as stop sign when we are on the wrong track and keeps us on track too.

For me I decided to join a laughter yoga class, that was me being the white horse and walking past the fear lol!

“If you are doing it, at all, it is valid.” yes I need this reminder, thank you!

Thanks for writing! The quote by Basho is so eloquent, so “spot on.”

One of the reasons I am so excited to have found this website and journal.

“In this poor body, composed of one hundred bones and nine openings, is something called spirit, a flimsy curtain swept this way and that by the slightest breeze. It is spirit, such as it is, which led me to poetry, at first little more than a pastime, then the full business of my life. There have been times when my spirit, so dejected, almost gave up the quest, other times when it was proud, triumphant. So it has been from the very start, never finding peace with itself, always doubting the worth of what it makes.”

Just keep going!