it is a leap of faith

given foolishly, blindly and wholeheartedly.
    You cannot hold back, she says. You can not wait at the edge of the chasm, letting the pressure build until you simply fall into the void, limbs tousled by the air rushing past you.
                                 When you decide to stand there, you have already made the decision to jump. You must not use the parachute, it is fear. The joy in this is holding the fear unused as you LEAP into the universe unprotected.This is the gift of our creation. To look at death and know that it is not to be feared. This is love - a thousand deaths a day, and redemption at every turn.