Fear

I've been watching a lot of things, reading a lot of things, and trying to evaluate my own belief system on the world and here's something I've come to find. Behind a lot of nearly all of the things I disagree with in the world I see fear at it's roots. I see a new bill proposed by Jared Polis to end discrimination based on sexual indentity and orientation. The people oppose it do so because they fear it could open into a gay agenda, or open up the definition to widely. They fear what it can do.

People who are unwilling to look at others' belief systems as an actual possibility of truth, because they fear it will shake their own beliefs, or they fear what it would mean if that other person is truly more right.

People whose reason for wanting less gun control is that they fear that they will have to defend themselves from a government takeover. (I think we should be able to have guns I just disagree with the reasoning)

People who decide to invade other countries because they fear what that country may be planning to do to ours.

Christian Bale said something in an interview with GQ that I think is very admirable. Think what you will about Christian Bale, but I think what he had to say was interesting and very admirable. Here's the question, and his answer taken from the GQ website.


So……outside of your roles, do you have a history of putting yourself in situations where you have to test yourself physically or even court danger?
Definitely. Though the one that stands out to me wasn't physically demanding or dangerous. One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later. Deep into the woods. It was terrifying. And I wasn't allowed to look behind me, no matter what noises I heard. That was the point. That thing. The fear. To go into some deep place, a well of fear, that you've never been to before and that you didn't know the way out of. Not looking behind, not turning around, just going deeper and deeper into those woods. I always enjoyed that.

I think that is extremely admirable. Fear should be eliminated, and the best way to do that is to tread on in the face of it, and to understand it.

If you ever are having a difficult time making a decision, or are questioning an aspect of your life. Look closely to see if it is fear holding you back. Fear should never hold you back.