“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
What if this were true, my friend? What if?
Well? Why not act as if it is?
I’d hazard to guess that what you’d have to gain is far greater than anything you’d stand to lose.
Take heart, my friend.