Why We’re so Scared All the Time
This is one in a series of essays that was originally conceived as a book for print publication. If you enjoy it and would like to read more from the collection, you can find a sort of Table of Contents here.
This seems a tremendously deep topic for a series like this, and I assure you I’m not taking it down the religious or philosophical paths it could so easily travel.
Rather, I’m considering the bare-bones, common sense fact of it:
We’re scared because in the mere decades we’re able to live, we only experience a tiny percentage of what’s out there, and we fear the unknown.
This fear of the unknown, of course, stretches out into dozens of other fears and anxieties, but the basis is simple and understandable. And in some cases, perfectly justifiable. Maybe even beneficial.
But not always.
So let’s consider some examples of fear of the unknown, then think about how the Timeless Principles bear on this important subject.
Fear of the Unknown
Anything that’s new and different induces an emotional response in us. Sometimes it’s…
