Fear is Sticky

Fear is sticky.

If you know me and my work at all, you know I think a lot about fear.

Fear is like wet glue. Honey. Spilled soda. Taffy that you’ve played with, leaving your hands a mess.

If you carry fear with you all the time, it gets on everything you come close to, so that everything looks sticky and unapproachable. Even the soft things, the desirable things. Fear creates a barrier between you and not only the things you truly do need to stay away from, and the things you yearn to be cl...