Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure, be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing.
Don’t let anyone, even your parents, break you. Find good people who care about you and surround yourself with just them. If you can’t find them at first, find good music and fall into it and let it hold you until they come.
Humans have a tendency to wait. We seem to enjoy it. We believe that if we wait for something, it will make it more worthwhile. But that’s not true. If you wait for it, whatever it may be, you might lose it. The truth is, you probably will. For example, if you wait to ask someone out on a date, they’ll find the invitation somewhere else. And that will be it. Don’t wait, for anything. Search. Discover....