Fear

We live in a society where fear is fed to the masses in every which way conceivable. No form of communication is spared. I was just browsing through the news when I came upon pages and pages of how the economy is really down trodden, infants sleeping with the parents in the bed being in harms way.., global warming, animals going haywire and attacking.. and the list goes on & on…

As a specie we've been "wary and afraid" of everything .It is ingrained into our DNA so it doesn't look like its gonna change anytime soon. When our tree dwelling ancestors set foot on the ground they learnt about the perils of living on the ground. The big brain they were blessed with, helped them devise strategies and methods to be safe (besides harboring feelings such as fear). The optimum use of the brain got us to where we are today- at the top of the food chain. Being on top of the food chain just dint do it for us.. we are still "afraid".

Industrialization just added to our woes. Besides the fear of the natural phenomenon, we started fearing Pseudo phenomenon (also called situation created by man) . Growing up in a developing country I learnt that , not everybody is born with good fortune. To keep that good fortune one has to work their entire lives, so the fear of loosing is instilled even as a child.

Im am still trying to figure out how for generations we have been safe as kids sleeping with our parents, and then some scientists and analysts come along and all on a sudden Its simply not safe for babies to cosy up with their parents as they might inadvertently squish / suffocate their babies in their sleep.

People claim that animals are dangerous but in their zest, fail to acknowledge that Animals are Animals. They are not in your path you are in theirs. They attack when provoked, all in self defense or in the quest to survive. We should know better being the brainier ones in the lot..!!

Fear is a little devil that robs you of everything because we evaluate any situation with respect to our own self. Alas, if we looked beyond our little world to greater heights where "WE" are insignificant, then perhaps some good can be achieved and fear eliminated. As a rational person I know that is unlikely to happen so for now we live , soaking ourselves in the very fabric of life that is dripping with fear in all forms.