I used to be frightened of lions and elephants when I was a child. That may have been reasonable if I lived somewhere near the jungle or even a zoo – I didn’t. Some of the children’s stories I grew up with were very scary – Hansel and Gretal, Red Riding Hood – even Cinderella with those ugly step-sisters.
My two brothers really enjoyed scaring the daylights out of me. They would pretend to be prowlers outside my bedroom window – that’s the joy of being the youngest of five children – a real sucker for some fun and teasing.
I needed to overcome fear lots of times throughout my life. If you do it often enough you end up being quite courageous. There is a lot of wisdom in the popular book “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”. Over time those courage muscles get to grow if you use them often enough.
What sorts of things are you afraid of?
I am afraid of many things some I cannot leave and run, I have to face it.
That makes you very courageous Ranu 🙂
I think there are two kinds of fear though. One is the ‘very black, dark, and scary’ type of fear (something or someone is going to hurt me) whereas the other one is the ‘some difficult task is ahead of me’ type of fear (but if i take it on as a challenge I will get through it).
Yes, I can relate to that :-). Thanks for commenting!