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- Chelsea Cutler, WICME

Harry thinks of all the times he’s been scared. Most days he was, most of the time. He thinks back to the trip to Charleston, to everything between that day and now, all the time he was scared. He realizes with a start that he is not the same man he once was. He realizes that fear is still a part of his entire being, and most likely always will be. And he realizes that he ran from most things that made him scared. But he also realizes that he became stronger, more independent, that he answered some of his own questions and fell in love along the way, once or twice, because eventually he learned to accept this: that fear is a part of life. That running makes you healthier, stronger. And that when you reach the end of a race, and you cross the finish line, you don’t need to keep running towards the next marathon. You can stop. You can smell the roses.