Confession: I liked to reside in fear. Fear was my companion, my safety net, and my friend. I was the type who always thought about worst-case scenarios, and what if's, never pausing to wonder about the good and marvelous that could happen too.

"The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible. For the fainthearted, it is unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is ideal." - Victor Hugo

This quote caught my attention as I walked by the living room a few weeks ago, as I've done thousands of times since we moved in. It was written in small white text on the side of a case of DVDs on the lowest level of a bookshelf. How I saw it, I have no idea. I guess my eyes work better than I give them credit for.

As I read "for the weak, [the future] is impossible" it stuck, because that is genuinely how I feel about my future sometimes.

As I read Victor Hugo's words of wisdom, I was inspired to become content with the future. After all, who wants to be known as "weak"? Thoughtful and valiant on the other hand - might look nice on my college application. All joking aside, it was a big hint that I needed to stop worrying and thinking about what-ifs.

Fear hasn't given me everything it promised: safety, happiness, and comfort. It's made me a prisoner to my what-ifs and worst-case scenarios.

I've realized that those thoughts are always going to be there, and they probably won't go away. But opportunities to live life will come and go.

So I'm dropping fear, and picking this quote up instead. It's time fear and I became frenemies.