Fear

Every single member of society is familiar with how it feels to fear. Whether they fear burning alive, drowning, death or in some cases even love; everyone fears something. A lot of what comes with fear is change-the fear to change brings along fear in other forms. So why is it that so many of us fear change? Is it because anything out of our normal routine seems daunting? Or is it because our minuscule minds have wired us to not want to step out of our comfort zones and experience something different?

When speaking for myself, I'd say I do not fear much. Of course the fear of dying in a gruesome way is something I would say frightens me a bit; besides that not much scares me. I've never been afraid of change and I've never been afraid of love. I believe both go hand and hand because when you love someone, whether it be romantically or a platonic love, it changes you.

This is what is wrong with the world, I believe. Everyone is too busy thinking about themselves and worrying about tomorrow that we don't stop and take part in what needs to be done now. Because of our inability to love and not to fear wars break out, riots begin and revolutions sweep nations because everyone is putting themselves first. So many people are afraid of putting others before themselves (we can blame this on selfish human instinct.) But this whole fear of change and fear or effecting one's norms can severely effect those around us. Whether we ignore the homeless man begging for change when we think he is just some bum loser; worried he will take our money and buy drugs or booze, or if we block out a potential lover for the fear of getting hurt. Fear keeps us from stepping out of the comfort zone of our everyday lives and doing things that can CHANGE someone's life in a good way; even our own.