The words fill
the brain as you go across the room, hands wet with anticipation, to ask a
stranger to dance.
One of the
earliest human encounters; struggled through with the fear of rejection and
primed by peer pressure.
Some fear is
learned from personal experience, while others are taught. Our religions are
based on fear. Crime would be more prominent if not for the fear of reprisal.
But our
species thrive on fear.
The adrenalin
rush overcomes us as we survive an open railcar traveling on flimsy structures,
so we can share the common experience with others. Movies packed with scenes of
extraordinary happenings and characters created to scare the viewer, not to
panic, but to present high anxiety.
Perhaps it is
the thrill of the adventure and conquering it, or maybe when left to our own
devices, we become bored with the mundane day-to-day existence.
Fear keeps us
from touching fire, avoiding animals that would have us for dinner, and running
away from danger, but is it a primeval instinct or a common sense reaction.
Do we fear
going to the grocery store full of strangers who may be in every variation of
mental and physical health, picking up packages handled by unknown hands,
unaware of structural deficiencies of the structure and paying for the
privilege to invade the space for a short period of time. Each person pushing a
cart could be on the edge of personal conflict, yet we all congregate to choose
sustenance.
Every day is
an unknown to fear or cherish. If afraid of existence, withdrawal into a sanctum
of paranoia spirals into the darkness and the darkness of night brings the
blackness. As with other creatures, we rest our bodies until the sun awakes us
from unimaginable thoughts and visions our minds produces in random selection.
Maybe the most
fearful conclusion would not be outside, but inside our own being.
BOO!
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