My friend, Donald Shelby, told his congregation of a captivating ad he found in a magazine for Nike Athletic shoes. "Fear of failure, Fear of success, Fear of losing your health, Fear of losing your mind, Fear of being taken too seriously, Fear of not being taken seriously enough, Fear that you worry too much, Fear that you don''t worry enough, Your Mother''s fear you''ll never marry, Your Father''s fear that you will, Fear of the unknown? Forget it. Fear of too many roads and not enough time? Maybe! But go ahead. Put one foot in front of the other. And just do it!"

Perhaps you remember the story told by the wife of a world famous tightrope walker shortly after he had fallen to his untimely death. She said that her husband had spent too much time preparing not to fall that he forgot to pr…