Choosing Courage Over Fear

You know that feeling when you're standing at the edge of something new and every part of you screams to

turn back. Sarah felt it too. She sat in her car outside the gym for twenty minutes,

hands gripping the wheel, watching strangers walk through those glass doors like

it was nothing. Her reflection stared back, tired and uncertain. She'd promised herself

this time would be different, but the voice in her head whispered all the reasons

she'd fail. Then something shifted. She remembered why she came. Not to be perfect.

Not to impress anyone. Just to show up for herself. She opened the door. That first step

onto the pavement felt heavier than any weight she'd lift inside. But she took it