Think how many wake up in the morning with a hundred things they could be afraid of, they say one picture is worth a million words. When I look at this picture I wonder if the kitty is afraid or if he just says, "face your fears and do it anyway."
There is plenty of frightening stuff going on in the world today, diseases, revolutions, natural disasters, nuclear accidents, poverty, loss of jobs and homes and on and on. It makes sense that we'd all walk around with some level of fear in our daily lives. But who among us is most afraid and why? The old people because of health, the middle age group fighting for their jobs and homes, the young people starting families and hunting jobs? Not just us in America have fears. Daniel Treisman, UCLA political scientist, did a survey in the world. European nations fear a nuclear war, epidemics. Greeks for instance worry about spread of weapons of mass destruction, new viruses and war. Terrorists and government upheaval is a worry in many parts of the world. Famine and disease are more of a worry in some parts of the world than others. No, no one is free from some kind of worry. A recent experience of authoritarian rule also appears to increase fear, And belief in heaven (less fear) and hell (more fear) might play a role too. I find no matter how fearful you are of whatever each day brings you, you trade your fears with anyone else out there. "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it."
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