Showing up: Numbness or strength or sheer determination overcoming fear.
“Eighty percent of success is just showing up.” http://www.yourbrandplan.com/forum/what-your-mind-thinker/2453-tom-peters-rss-feed-eighty-percent-success-showing-up.html
Recommended reading: “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield — a gem that you’ll turn to again and again for inspiration. Here’s another fan who adds some wonderful reading suggestions of his own (thanks, 2recreate): http://donmilleris.com/2010/03/24/the-best-books-on-writing/
Through a Dog's Eyes 
You showed up at the starting gate…with an inspiration that speaks to the core of me. with gratitude…
ox Robin
“When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” I believe that we are both students and teachers of each other, so the gratitude flows both ways.
Squishy hugs, CL