Some people say that every child is born with two fears. One is falling from a great height, a fear of free falling. The other is being left alone. I read that ages ago, I can't remember where, but it stuck in my head. I also remember someone once talking me through my own fears, which included abandonment. She told me that the letters F E A R stood for something. False expectations appearing real. Have you ever just randomly assumed something, maybe through paranoia, or you just had that "gut" instinct? It happens to the best of us, but when I get scared, that always pops into my mind. Most things we fear, such as a bridge collapsing while we walk over it, is unlikely, so it is exactly that, a false expectation. Another person once said to me, bravery does not exist without fear, which is perfectly true. How can you be brave, when there's nothing to be brave about? I think I need to remember those things more. The amount of nights I lose of sleep because of a false expectation of something to come. I need to conquer my fears, and vanquish them. Fear gets in the way of too many things in a lifetime. It's time that bravery kicked in. Think of the things we would be lacking without the bravery of certain people. Our country may not have been like this if it wasn't for the bravery of those people who fought for us. The scientist that created electricity could have lacked the bravery to experiment and try new things, and we could still be using fire to light up our homes. Bravery is the main source of our lifestyle. We just choose to defy it.
