Fear used to be my master. I now work every day to overcome my anxiety and prove that it doesn't matter how scared you are, as long as you do the things you want to do. I forgot who said it, but I once read a quote that said, "Courage isn't the absence of fear. Courage is being scared out of your mind and getting on the horse anyway."

Last week, I tried to backflip into a pit of rubber foam squares in gymnastics. I screamed the whole way, and then I got out and laughed and laughed and laughed.

I'm a work-in-progress. But I'll get there, I promise.