Recently, a friend of mine gave me a card with a beautiful note inside. But on the front were seven words written Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Always do what you are afraid to do." I looked at those words and thought about how appropriate they were for this particular chapter of my life. I've always considered myself a fairly adventurous person. I've traveled to foreign countries, wandered through unfamiliar cities, tried new things, and occasionally found myself in situations where