Not Daunting

Considering it involved nothing more than a stroll in the park, the prospect was quite daunting. Not the actual thing itself, but the outcome. What would happen if the outcome wasn't what you'd hoped for? Would all hope be lost, yet again? Would it prove just another distraction you thought so sure would work - or would it work after all? You wouldn't be able to tell until you tried, but trying could result in the waste-of-time, didn't-work attitude. But if it did, but if it didn't... time would tell.

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