What? Follow your Fear?

I did some housekeeping on my blog today and found this beautiful passage about fear:

I learned that my fears lead me down a dark and twisted road, but if I keep walking through them the road straightens out and the light of awareness rises just like the sun. In fact, if I were to become a bird and fly high up above this path I’m on I could see that the dark, twisted parts of the road are only small bits that come right before long stretches of beautiful country!

Wow!  Can you imagine following your fear? It's not always the “best” route, but think about it:

So often the things you want the most tend to be the most frightening.