Fear

First off I want to sincerely apologize for my lack of writing lately. Hopefully I can get it going again now.

The other day I was thinking about what fear is and i think I have come to a good conclusion. Fear can be negative or positive, but either way it serves one main purpose and is created one way.

It's created by your own mind. Fear doesn't come from another thing, it comes because you don't feel okay about whatever that thing is for whatever reason, whether it be past experiences, things you have heard, or things you have made up in your mind. If you decide not to be scared, it can be done.

So what does fear essentially do? It's a stopper. I say it's good or bad because it can stop you from doing dumb shit, but it can also stop you from having fun and/or success. Fear can stop you from jumping off a thirty nine story building, and that's the good use of fear. (For those of you that don't understand, just don't do that. It may cause some issues for you.) The bad thing is that it can stop you from taking a risk that may turn out very well for you. For example, you don't ask out that person because you are scared of what they will say. Well "no" may hurt, but it won't for too long while "yes" may make you smile for a long time. Fear can stop you from being able to hit a baseball, it can just stop success.

Fear is yet another example of that gray pro/con type thing that life is. It's a balance of positives and negatives, but in this case you can get over it. You can beat fear if you want, and who knows what happiness that could bring.