If I Was Fearless

 If I was fearless

Would I be your reckless friend?

And if I was helpless

Could you be the one who comes rushing in?

This is the chorus from a haunting, provocative song from 1996, Cyndi Lauper's 'Fearless'.  I discovered it while watching a TV show this Christmas, and it became the theme of the whole holiday.  

In two short verses, this song speaks to the underlying reasons for fear, and how it becomes part of a person's personality.  It reflects the experiences - good and bad - that have happened over that person's life.  It shows what they value.  It shows what they want to let go...and what they want to keep.  It is both their vulnerability and their strength.

It made me wonder:  who would I be if I was not afraid?  I have thought this before, but always with the bias that I should try not to be afraid.  This song made me think of fear differently.  What if the fear gives me something I need - something I want?  What if losing the fear would make me less...me?