Fears

So I traded shifts with a co-worker this week. Because it was his brthday and the borean mud festival, we switched so that I would work his weekend shift and he would take my thursday and friday classes.
Today, I was working with the higher-level team in the auditorium and we were talking about fears. After our discussion, each student was given a balloon and a marker. They were told to blow up the balloon, but not to tie the end. Then, they wrote their biggest fear on the balloon. Some children wrote the typical things, "spiders", "thunderstorms", but a few went further and wrote "not pleasing my parents"... which of course broke my heart. Since we do all the activities with our students, I blew up my balloon... but wasn't sure what to write on it... I mean I wasn't sure what fear was my number one... and then it hit me "loneliness". I am afraid that I will never find someone who loves me as much as my parents do... I am afraid of being alone forever.
Once all of the fears were written on the balloon, we all stood up in a circle and together took our fingers off of the bottom of the balloon, causing the air to escape and the shrivelling balloon to sore in the auditorium. This symbolized the letting go of what you feared the most, and giving the control of that fear to god or another higher power or the universe... depending on whomever you believe or don't believe in.
Though my fear is still present, it was nice to, for a moment, give away the control and put it outside of me. I think the students enjoyed the activity as well.