Fear is misunderstood

"The only thing to fear, is fear itself."

Franklin D. Roosevelt made that quote among many other memorable ones. The phrase can have dramatic meaning for some people, however, it can be totally disregarded by other people.

Why have I chosen this phrase to start off you ask? Simple reason, I think that is a profound statement just misunderstood. Roosevelt had a wonderful idea that would make people feel reassured, but that is the whole problem. They didn't need to feel reassured because they were the problem not their fear.

I have come to the conclusion that fear is more equivalent to a person lacking self confidence and assurance about one's self. They are just needing to boost their own ego in order to beat what they "fear." Due to not having confidence in them self in one category or another, they let the imagination run free and get the best of them. The best way to beat fear then would be to outsmart it.

As long as there is no doubt about a person's self being and worth there should be nothing to fear. Phobias are then meerly the brain and imagination dupping them. They "fear" spiders because they think spiders will bite them. However, if that person has the confidence in themselves to beat there mind, then they would realize that the spiders is smaller then there fingernail. This may not be a very good analogy, but I have a reason for bringing this all up. This is my reason...

Today in society we are all "afraid" of what others seem to think of us and who we are. That fear is nothing more then not having enough confidence in ourselves to be better then what most everyone out there thinks we are. It never really matters how people perceive us. "People" normally don't care about something if it doesn't have any impact of influence on their small little worlds. So in turn, the main reason a person would be showing "fear" is because they are worried more about that other person and how they are efffecting them. What is important is to always remember that we all need to have confidence in ourselves and not worry about appearances.

If appearance was all that mattered, this would be a pointless blog. However, appearance is always only on the surface. Reality is deeper and that is the important part. Since the only thing that can actually effect anything else is the real person then that should negate the "fear." We have no need to worry about other's perceptions. If we always worried then nothing that matters would ever be accomplished for "fear" of letting others down. However, if we have self confidence then we never have to worry about what others think and we will realize that the real person we are is what has a lasting impact on the world around us. Never "fear" what others will think and wonder about you because all that is really important is that we are 100% true and honest with ourselves and others. If we do this then no matter perceptions about us the real person is always what will win in the end and have the critical impacts on us and our world to make life enjoyable.

-A