as we all know, most fears are completely irrational. no, pickles will not harm you. clowns may look strange, but really? snakes and spiders are a little more rational, but in reality, still not completely understandable. at least not to me. I know I have irrational fears too… like my fear that I’m unlovable. I’m sure like me, other people think about why they are afraid of what they are. I hope they can’t figure it out either, because that would make me feel dumb. hah
obviously, I don’t consider anything I listed above to be something anyone should be afraid of, let alone EVERYONE. So, what do I think everyone should be afraid of, you ask? I can think of a few things…
I think I would put becoming a dishonest person at the top of the list. Corruption is everywhere nowadays, and being dishonest with yourself and others can lead to a very sad life. It can be something as simple as eating things you’ve promised yourself you wouldn’t eat all the way up to things like convincing yourself the mob are not really bad people, they just follow tradition… or something similar to that.
Another thing would be fear of losing oneself. If you don’t know who you are, how can you expect other people to know who you are? by losing yourself you can lose connections to everyone you know and even come to hate yourself. I have to say that would be a very sad existence indeed.
I think I would say those are the two things people should be the most afraid of. I can probably think of more, but I really don’t want to go on and on forever, so the last thing I’ll say is everyone should be afraid of how much they love me. (that’s a reference to The Office btw)