Have you ever actually fearedsurvival? Experienced pain so piercing that you really thought that your next breath was impossible? Or simply pain so bad that you would have rathered, just in that instance, to stop breathing altogether? It is daunting to work with the knowledge that if life continues, pain is inevitable. Yet the vast majority of us make the decision to keep going, despite the fear.
Or maybe you have experienced joy so profound that that emotion nearly took your breath away... Felt a feeling so exquisite that you were afraid of the sheer intensity of the moment? Or maybe your fear is that you have peaked; that no other moment in your life will ever compare to *this* one. But still, through that fear, we push on, seeking an equivalent moment; chasing the thrill.