Being afraid and allowing that fear to be the basis for your decisions is no rescue from the problem you face. Standing up to the problem is the solution however that comes out. Being afraid and allowing the fear to dictate your response is not only cowardly it is a less than an honorable human trait. Life has to be worth more than being afraid of what could happen instead of living life with the courage to accept it as it is and applying the right and correct response to it. I suppose many folks don't know they are living in fear since they have built walls around themselves that mostly make them "feel" right without understanding they are shrouding themselves in a wrapping that limits their life experiences. Like the "Allegory of the Cave" in Plato's Republic, folks don't know what they are missing because they lack the courage and/or curiosity to see what else exists. We are humans born on a celestial rock with all the space around us to consider. What we do with the limited time we have here is our choice but to neglect the choice out of fear of losing time here is nonsense. Just existing to exist is not an option for anyone who is capable of enlightened thinking, which almost everyone is capable of. If the choice is to accept reality for what it is then the courage we humans have should be forthright in our life journey's however if we choose to live under some restrictions that deny our curiosity and instead make us afraid of what could be then we are living not as the bold species we represent but as the limited species we cower to reflect.
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