PASSAGES: The Podcast 2.0  

AN OPEN LETTER TO FEAR: Paola Ucelo 

Dear fear, 

My beloved friend. 

I love you for keeping me safe. 

I love you for the way you have taught me to be mindful.

I thank you for the way you have taught me to discern. 

Fear, my dear friend. 

As I’ve grown, I see you have transformed

Into the gatekeeper you were meant to be. 

You now ask me “ show me i am not bigger than your heart” 

So that I may step forward and take the seat of the woman I came here to be. 

Instead of telling me “ it's your way, no way, or this is the end"

You now show me that I am only small when you are greater than me. 

I now know we are the same. 

You are a reflection of how much I allow my love and heart to take the lead. 

My dear friend, 

I am here to remind you that, you and I are forever safe. 

Not because we are protected. 

But because we are both inherently free. 

See long my friend, 

I will see you at the next gate.

What if instead of trying to get rid of fear, we began to walk with it as a guide?

Maybe the moment you pull up a chair for it to join you at the table, it transforms before your eyes.