Fear For The Worst
No matter how thorough and conscientious we might be in preparation, we never get rid of the uneasy concern of scarcity, of what if things might go wrong badly.
Because it is always easier to deal with excitement than disappointment over failure. And we are afraid to fail.
It’s so fascinating considering fear has been an indispensable part driving our life.
Since the primeval time of human race, we have adopted fear as compensation for our lack of certain abilities, i.e night vision. We have known to be alert in darkness, because we can’t see what is lying, waiting in the shadow. Gradually, moving from the fear of the carnivorous beasts, we have developed the instinct to be alert when in doubt, and fear the unknown.
And yet our fear is fed in these doubtful situations as we feel powerless when things change. The more doubt we have, the stronger our fear becomes. As for sometimes, we let ourselves to be consumed by it and turned into rage.
Recently, there was an incident involving a journalist and a group of Syrian refugees. Amidst the tensions toward the wave of war refugees coming to Europe, a video clip spread through the internet clearly shows a camerawoman intentionally tripped a refugee’s father who was carrying his son.
Of course, there were a lot of heavy criticisms toward the act. A conscious human being would never approve a violent act upon others.
However, in an unconventional view, that act was the consequence of the most “human” behavior that one person can show. Because it sprouted from one of our most ancient instincts, fear.
There are so many changes are about to going on in the world right now, and in this twilight of doubt, it’s easy to let fear pull all the strings.
As Seth Godin said “Fear doesn’t like strangers, people who don’t look or act like us, and most of all, the unknown”. This fear will trick us into feeling that we have to release our frustration into someone or something else, that these people are the threat and not deserved to be sympathized. And it’s so subtle that we don’t even realize that it exists, and that it is the cause.
Like two sides of the coin, a doubtful situation contains both the good signs and the bad signs. A conscious mind will know to embrace the good signs and recognize the bad signs in order to alleviate the adverse effects. Without fear or over excitement, a clear perception will unveil the curtain of doubt.
