Fear !!

A word that is common to all of us. A weird feeling, that we experience, and understand very late. A feeling, that could be categorized as intuition, instinct or just plain gripping fear ! It is a general question that pops up when you talk to anyone or be with someone for a long time. What are you scared of ? What scares you the most ? Sometimes we play around with people's fears and sometimes, we fear them as well and learn to empathize.

What is fear tho' ? I have always had this question nagging the back of my mind. Fear to me, is not being scared of a thing or phenomenon. I have been inquisitive. I have had the fear of the unknown as they say. The jitters that happen cause of not knowing towards what or where we are headed. People have asked me this question. What scares you the most ? The fear of losing someone. Completely or to circumstances. Either way, I have always been scared of losing them. Another fear, which probably a lot of you might share, is the fear of disease. I have never wanted to be weak and dependent on someone, cause of a disease. Otherwise, the biggest fear of mine, have been insects. Wasps, cockroaches etc..

Some people ask me, aren't you scared of death ? Of dying ? When you fear the unknown, why aren't you scared of death ? Of Ghosts ? Of After life ? True, these are unknown to me. But these are things that interest me or rather, I'm curious about. They have failed to scare me though. Ghosts, I don't know if they exist. I would like to find out. Death, as I have come to understand, is something that everyone of us have to go through. No matter what ! So why be scared of it ? I go by the adage - " Live everyday, like your last. Someday you will be right". I guess that applies to our fears as well. When we learn to live everyday of our lives as our last, then why be afraid of anything at all ?

So, tell me. What are you scared of ?