Fear
November 2nd 2006 02:44
I have to admit, I'm frightened of many things. For a long time, I let those fears paralyse me. I wouldn't do things just because I was scared. I have since learnt that fear is not the enemy. Fear, by itself, is not wrong. It's what you do with that fear that counts.
We have always had fear in our lives. Throughout the centuries, people have always been frightened of something - whether individually or as a society. The types of fears have changed with time. In medieval times, the plague was a big fear for many people. Nowadays, it is the threat of terrorism.
We can't get rid of fear and we shouldn't want to. Fear may paralyze people and prevent them from doing things they want to do. On the other hand, fear can actually provide an incentive to reach further than we otherwise would have. Fear of something can help move people forward to provide a solution. Fear of medical conditions, for examples, has helped create new advances in medicine.
Without fear, too, there is no true bravery. If we forget about sports stars and movie stars for a moment, the heroes in our lives are often people who have done something scary. The greater the odds against a person, the more we are likely to think them brave when they step out and do it anyway.
People who do brave deeds are not those who felt no fear. Rather they are those that refused to bow down before that fear.
We have always had fear in our lives. Throughout the centuries, people have always been frightened of something - whether individually or as a society. The types of fears have changed with time. In medieval times, the plague was a big fear for many people. Nowadays, it is the threat of terrorism.
We can't get rid of fear and we shouldn't want to. Fear may paralyze people and prevent them from doing things they want to do. On the other hand, fear can actually provide an incentive to reach further than we otherwise would have. Fear of something can help move people forward to provide a solution. Fear of medical conditions, for examples, has helped create new advances in medicine.
Without fear, too, there is no true bravery. If we forget about sports stars and movie stars for a moment, the heroes in our lives are often people who have done something scary. The greater the odds against a person, the more we are likely to think them brave when they step out and do it anyway.
People who do brave deeds are not those who felt no fear. Rather they are those that refused to bow down before that fear.
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