DarknessIsMyFriend ... I remember some of your other threads about helplessness, hoeplessness resonating with me. I'm going to ask you what I have had to ask myself recently (feeling as despondent as I have been at times): where is that inner hero, the go-getter, the motivator, the caring and inspiring person, the rear-end kicker, who I want to be? Am I going to let him flounder, am I going to let him down, abandon the person I COULD become, because fears are dragging me backwards!?

Sometimes you just have to get angry at the fears holding you back and show them who's boss, and refuse to listen to all the naysayers out there who will sap your determination. Pull out some of your stubbornness and feed that into determined action. That's what I'm trying to do today and man, it's hard, but it has to be worth it.