It's my time to break the rules...

I am afraid. Just saying that makes me feel a bit better, though not nearly enough to help me sleep. Tomorrow I embark upon my destiny. I have worked hard and I have put myself out there in ways most never dare to. Now it is time to let go, and let life happen as it may. It's hard to admit, but my circumstances have become connected with a lot of people, and I have found that compassion hurts. When you feel a bond to the world around you, you also feel responsible for it. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.