Fright of passage

(U2 - bloody sunday) 

A good conversation I had recently advised me to look for happiness in the little things. That I knew, I was also advised to no longer focus on grandeur of emotions. It got me thinking, it got me thinking about fear.

We all fear, I fear to hurt the people that I love. And quite honestly the worst pain and sorrow I've had so far. My pain and sorrow is directly caused by my fear... No matter how righteous my fear might seem. It took me a while to figure it out. But perhaps this is for all of us, our fears are what causes our pain. Fear of not being accepted or liked, fear of not doing the right things with our lives, fear of who we are and fear of commitment.

(quoting) But Fear is not real, the only place that fear can exist. Is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination. Causing us to fear things, that are not in the present, and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. But danger is very real, but fear is a choice. We are all telling ourselves a story...

I am telling me the story that I am responsible for other peoples pain. But I should not be that vain. I am not, ironically responsible for other people's pain, nor fear. My only problem is that I am sometimes troubled by it. Recognise your fear, join me in trying to overcome it. And who knows what sorrow might be lost.