Quit being a F_ _ king coward about your life.  Your reasons for not being what you want to be are nothing more than glorified excuses.  You can do this.  Put one foot in front of the other and walk.  Don’t worry about what’s ahead because I promise you it won’t bite but if it does you’ll like it.  If you don’t like it you’ll endure it.

It’s been my experience that most people are simply cowards.  I know this because it takes one to know one.  I’ve put so many of my dreams on lay-a-way and never showed up again to pay the balance.  Oh yeah, I’ve had the convenient excuses of why I’ve been such a coward like you have.

You’ve no doubt have heard that a coward dies a thousand deaths but a brave man dies but once.  Oh how true this is.  I know your ultimate cowardice and fear is the fear of death.  You won’t admit that because it seems too and dark and eerie for your psyche to handle.  You need a heart.  You need to get your marbles out the pawn shop. I’ve been to the pawn shop and I see too many marbles sitting in glass cases next to mine.

Facing your fears is not easy but its damn worth it.  The biggest thing that keeps you from facing your fears is that you have no idea who you are.  You define yourself by your past.  You think you are what you see when you look in the mirror.  You think you are only this flesh and bones you see walking around everyday.

Cowards think that they have many places to hide but there are none.  The so called hiding places are nothing more than deferred caverns of pain and suffering.  You can’t turn down the darkness but you can be your own bringer of light.

This is your life and to date I’ve never seen a coward win.

That’s my spin on it.

Rickey Benns

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