sitting with spiders

I usually get to class 15-20 minutes early to eat lunch or talk on the phone or look at the trees.  If you want, I will sit and look at spiders with you.  It’s a lot easier for me to do scary things when I have someone sitting next to me.  I've witnessed and experienced the transformation that happens when we do the things that scare us, and I'm convinced that this is how we go about finding the "love, wisdom, grace, and inspiration" that Solnit writes of in her book.  Scary is how to get lost.