Last night, I went out walking; It was cooler than walking during the day. Walking at night is so much different than during the day. As I was walking, I was reminded of the times, as a child, that I was so afraid of the dark that going into a dark room was torture. Outside at night was worse. There were things in the dark; that might hurt me. There were bears and big dogs, and who knows what else. I wanted to stay in the house with all the lights on where it was safe. If you had told me then, that I could enjoy being outside at night, I might have laughed. I am so happy that, somewhere along the line, I outgrew the fear of being outside at night. If I had not; there would be so much beauty that I would miss. I realize that this is a little thing, yet the tendency, for most of us, is to withdraw from what we see as unsafe. For some even being around other people is a struggle, for others its new situations that stress them out. Still, others are afraid of bein