Fear, what is fear and why does society not address the issue of fear? Honestly, I believe that most are too fearful to discuss fear. Let's start by defining fear. In my humble opinion, the reasons and usage of fear is limitless. I'll list one commonly understood definition. Fear- 1) a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger,evil,etc. whether the threat is real or IMAGINED ; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Now, I capitalized the word "imagine" because a lot of the fears we have are imagined , well I'll say most. We're fearful of what others think of us. This causes us to join and follow groups that thrive on the degradation of innocents due to their religion,color, creed etc... There are even groups formed in the U.K, because of their dislike of people from the same ethnic group , who have red hair , known as gingercide. Fear causes us to stay in one region or country , afraid of invisible lines called borders. The earth belongs to all, so why not explore it? Being afraid causes us to take prescribed medications that affect our brain chemical balance to counteract the fear of facing fear. When we attend church, our so-called pastor, priest, rabbi or what have you, uses fear so we will give larger tithes. We've all been there, you know the fire and brimstone rap. We fear what we don't understand. We fear God only because we don't understand Him. Respect God but don't fear him. Believe me, I have lived in fear. And this innate fear that I had at that time, caused me great distress. So, what happens if we abandon fear? I challenge my readers, to go one day fearless. How does it make you feel? Did life have more color? Did your normally routine existence have purpose? A great man ( r.i.p Tupac ) once said that fear is stronger than love. But the truth of the matter is that God is love. Fear is of satan. And if we walk each day with God, then we have nothing to fear !!
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