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July 2009 
Understanding Fear
Posted on Jun 10th, 2009
by 
R George Merrill
R George Merrill
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 10, 2009:
This gloom invisible one....skulking in the shadows of our minds.... foretelling that which is not...impeding that which could be....feasting upon frail transparencies....exhaling rank drear of the hopeless not living themselves....whispering twisted distorted untruths to manufactured ears
Fear keeps us from evolving into who we should be. Fear of mistakes. fear of looking foolish, fear of breaking the illusions we gather around us. We let this fear control decisions we make in our lives.
Now here is the real kicker. Fear is important, fear is needed. We must learn to look fear in the face. Deal with what makes us afraid, never avoid it. Learn what makes us afraid that we may develope the skills needed to act rather than to "skulk in the shadows"
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I'm really hoping you'll feel better soon, Peace, Sandi
Sandi, Thank you for your concern. As I re-read my poem I can see how you could come to the conclusion that I was down. It is very dreary sounding. I'm not talking about myself in this poem. I'm talking in general about “fear” and how it stops us from being our true selves. The manufactured ears part is a quick quib about how we as humans create an illusion around ourselves to project a certain image that we want to portray. Whenever we attempt to project an image it is a distortion our true self. To support the illusion we are creating we surround ourselves with objects. These objects become very important to us. So important are these objects to us that we have fear about loosing them. That fear can be at the same level of loosing a loved one.
Again, Thank you for your concern. It was genuine and kind.
I REALLY feel better now! No joke, I thought you were in a really bad place. Yes, I know that kind of fear very well, not only the loss of material goods, But the very real fear of losing a loved one. This week , tomorrow as a matter of fact, my mom will have been gone 10 years, on the 20th , my Dad 1yr. That is still kinda raw but I'm dealing with it. Thanks for letting me know, I'll keep on praying for you anyway, Just in case. Have yourself a BIG DAY! Sandi