Fear Factors

Fear is a natural part of life. We all fear something. Even if many of us are ashamed (or even afraid) to admit it, trying to hide our perceived weakness behind a façade of bravado. But lying to ourselves and the world around us doesn't solve the problem. It doesn't make the fear go away. Rather, it tends to compound the situation, adding fear to fear. To our initial comes the fear of being found out, fear of not simply having our vulnerable side revealed to all and sundry but also fear of being exposed for the liars that we are.

Fear keeps us trapped. Until we learn to confront our phobias, we will remain ever enslaved to them- and that is a terrible fate. Confrontation is a word we dread. Yet it is also a term that has become so used and abused that I've come to wonder if we really know what it means. Does it necessarily involve a huge bloody battle? Maybe. But that would depend on the situation. One of the things I've been most amazed by, is the realization that sometimes release can often come quietly. When we stop fighting, and look at ourselves for what we really are, making a conscious decision to deal and not run.

Getting to this point, however, is something else. It is often a long and agonising journey but one that we must make in order to come to a breakthorough. The thing is, that we mostly want to tough it out by ourselves, as if we have something to prove. The sad part is that Help is standing near waiting. Just waiting. Waiting for us to drop the act. Brush that chip off our shoulder. Swallow our pride and ask for Aid.

Why then is it so hard to do that? Why are we humans so stubborn? So complicated? I guess if I had the answer to that I wouldn't be sitting here writing this entry.