Enter The Poet - Being Way Too Anxious

Our Fears

 Our fears are both our salvation and our painful death. In the right amount, and perspective, our fear uses our knowledge (real and perceived) to help us make good and safe decisions. Where to live, where to work, what friends we should make, who may join our lives, and how we should live our lives.

It’s not trust which rules our lives, it’s fear; fear is hard coded in our physiology, it is part of us. While trust, on the other hand, is taught, learned, can be earned, and lost.

Fear can be maintained and bridled, but it is very resistant to change or alteration.

Too little fear can put us into dangerous situations, places, and relationships. We don’t check out the things we should or give heed to the things we should.

Too much fear makes us make rash decisions, harsh decisions, and unjustifiable decisions. We hold on too tight, or we give up too soon. We have feelings of not enough time, not enough safety, not enough information; even if none of the feelings are true, or even real.

Our best relationship with our fears, must come from understanding our fears, and to what extent, we have them. We should become familiar with all our fears, maintain them at a moderate level, and seek assistance when necessary; we will always require assistance.