New Things

 We can become scared of trying new things, which can be old things that we let go of long ago.  For instance, we start out being whoever we really are.  But then social pressure from wherever comes into play and we then try for approval, acceptance, the spotlight, all which requires us to try and become someone else, someone we are not.  Eventually, exhausted and unfulfilled, if not at the jumping off point, we decide, with help, to try and become who we really are, the person we started out to develop as a child.  If we are not desperate enough, at the jumping off point sometimes, we will be too scared to try and become our truer self.  The interior journey, help from others who really care about us, and the effort it takes, requires us to let go of the false self we have tried to become.  Fear paralyses us.  Meditation can give us sufficient peace to trust we are on the right path, finally.