Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor

Some of us hide our voice under fear. In an unknown space where our dreams and our will are at war. We end up being in our own way. Things are not as easy as they seem. So we hide our thoughts under fear. Until we proceed towards ourselves. For who wants a life of regrets. An unlived life. Haunted by dreams of a unfulfilled life. We don’t. We choose instead to dream full, dream filled…

My daughter made art that made me reflect on things we fear. All the ways we hide ourselves too. For one, fear is the thing I despise the most. The thing, I choose to overcome, alone or with others, because regrets are not an option. My dearest friend, Ritamae wrote a poem apt for fear. It was my keep for today, perfect for all the ways you overcome fear, and step out to your essence, like my daughter’s image of herself above. We used it for my grant writing course. It’s the third week and what better way to continue a journey towards grant writing than to tackle fear. I know I sound like a broken record but I know my purpose with life. Thank you to those who paved the way to this course I’m perfecting with people that allowed me to first overcome my fear.