What we're scared of?
If you ask me...I'll tell you that possibly I'm the biggest coward on earth and there are innumerable things that frighten me.

But I recently came across the strangest bit of truth, while reading this book on Human psychology. Most people are fearful of fear....thats both brave and brash I feel. But when I delved a bit deeper into my own conscience, I realized that it was rather true.

You know how we keep tauting "loneliness" as the biggest human fear. But the fact is that we fear the fear of being alone more than being alone. Ordinarily, you wouldn't mind keeping yourself company...Its when the fearful aspect of loneliness grips you that you fear it. To give examples from my own life....
I'm not scared of water as such, but I fear the fear of drowning, I don't fear complicated machines but I fear the fear that I will make a total fool of myself if I can't tackle them properly..getting the hang of it?

You know, I realized that the old saying: face your fear and your fear will dissappear is rather meaningful and useful to both practise as well as preach. Ordinarily I would just choose to ignore my fears. But it dawned upon me that "ignorance is bliss" doesn't always work. It often keeps us away from action, especially when it comes to dealing with fears.

So am I hundred times braver? Ready to face any and all of my fears...NO, I don't think that is likely to ever happen. But atleast I know that its the feeling of fear rather than the activity itself that scaring me...so next time..I'm more likely to think about giving a shot to new, unexperimented-by-me stuff rather than plainly avoiding things that seem scary all together.....