About Being Afraid

Are you afraid? Of What? A baby isn't afraid. A small child is seldom afraid. Life is venturesome until fear is introduced into the picture by adults. Are you an adult? What frightens you? Are you afraid of your fellow man? Are you afraid of dogs and cats, horses and cows, bugs and snakes; every living thing large or small, even germs? Do you fear heights, fires, floods, and storms? Are you afraid of yourself, afraid of life and death? What's it all about? Where do you find joy in living? Are you afraid to live, afraid to die, afraid to win or even attempt to try? If so, is life really worth living?

Ready to read something ironic? Someone has said that it all depends upon the liver. The chances are that you are constantly taking something for your liver and every vital function of your body. What a life! How did you get into such a fix? You must thank your doctor for that "fix" ...

There are only two ways to live. You can choose to be steeped in fear or choose to be wise in faith. Both are open to you. Which do you choose? Fear that pulls you down or faith that lifts you up and keeps you alive with hope? As you sow, so shall you reap. Either way, it is yours to embrace. You own it! You can choose to live only one day at a time, and make the most of what you do. But when the day is gone, it's gone forever. Live well your part in life and you will enjoy life from the start, thus making the most of everything.

If you are fearful, what started you off on the negative approach? Doubtless you have had too many "don'ts" in you life; don't do this, don't do that. Or, be careful, you might get hurt. Don't eat that, it may be poison. The devil is lurking everywhere to try you and pull you down. What about faith abounding to pull you up? Believe in yourself, have faith in god, and the best will be yours wherever you may trod.

You may blame ill health as your problem. What can you expect when you let fear enter your life and pull you down? Keep your thoughts high. Always try to make your best work better. Encourage your children to be hopeful and better with faith in themselves and faith in the things they do. They will then be kind and true because they will have a better pattern of behavior to follow.

If you continue to be afraid, hesitate to go places or do things because of fear, you must begin to adhere to reality. It's time to wake up and live! Time is awastin', and you're not getting any younger. You should not let fear mar your way to better things.

The Bible says you are fearfully and wonderfully made. That is a wonderful and ironic truth. Wake up and live!

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve - the fear of failure."