Fearless!

"... And I don't know how it gets better than this, you take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless. And I don't know why with, with you I'd dance in a storm in my best dress, fearless."

- "Fearless", by Taylor Swift

We all have fears. Some of them or worse that others. But we all have a deep, dark fear, one that can paralyze and terrorize us.

I know what Elwen is thinking right now. For some, it is indeed fire or claustrophobia. I know what HoHo is thinking right now. Yes, and for some it is spiders and giant flying biting stalker beetles. But we are all scared of something.

I started thinking about this after watching The Prisoner of Azkaban with my sisters. For those of you that don't know much about Harry Potter (I'm knew, I think El hates me, but...), there's this being called a boggart, which takes the form of whatever we are scared of most. It can form a scary Potions teacher, a snake, a spider, anything. I began to wonder what it would take form of in my case.

I hate bugs. Maybe it would become a giant insect. (Which I could put on rollerblades! "Spiders... they want me to tapdance..." Oh gosh, I'm losing it.)

Or darkness. I hate being outside in the dark while alone.

I don't think it would become fire, Elwen, I really don't.

I don't really have a good idea of what it would become, actually. I'm thinking a dementor, because like Harry, the main thing that I fear is fear itself. I'm scared of being scared. Well, anyways, the boggart just got me thinking. How is that we cope with our fears?

We can run from them, we can try and hide from them, or we can deny that they are there. Or we can face them. I'm not asking you to purposefully shut off the lights or go looking for spiders or make yourself bleed. But if we can put our trust in God (Aslan), we'll be just like a noble warrior of Narnia. Facing our fears, overcoming hardship, and doing our very best and being truly, truly FEARLESS.

"A lady of Narnia must try not to cry when J.P. keeps saying 'Bye, I'll never see you again!'"