Moonrise 13Moon Digital Magazine Volume 1, Number 13 - February 2016 | Page 24

Continued from page 23 - Playing with Fire

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I want… It would be nice to have – I
understand it. We all want showers
of money falling from the sky, but
again… unless you’re getting up off
your backside and putting forth the
effort to make it happen for Y-O-U,
then it’s not reality.

inevitably, someone’s going to
get hurt. And then, it’s easy to
sit around and re-hash the past
and talk about the reasons why
someone was allowed to get that
close.
It’s even easier to put on the
façade and begin crying the tears
straight out of a Shakespearean
drama. I’ve heard all the excuses:
I need... Now, I’m going out on
a limb, but I need you to really
trust me on this – whatever it is,
if you’re not willing to do it for
yourself, it’s probably not a good
idea to look for it from someone
else. It’s okay to be vulnerable

I can’t… okay, if you’re going to let
fear run your life, and then you’re
always going to be afraid. Being
scared is normal, but to allow fear
to trap you (like a rat in a cage, I
might add), just serves to let the
resident