Fear II |
Friday Mar 13 2009
I just finished reading a piece in the Jan/Feb issue of the Utne Reader called Overcoming Fear Culture and Fear Itself by Julie Hanus. It is a great commentary on how our society has become wracked with all sorts of fears. She points to the fact that fear is a major fuel for lots of politicians and businesses, but that we pay a very large price to create an illusion of safety. The price is not just the billions we spend on physical security. It is also the isolation we create for ourselves when we don’t trust each other, the spiritual angst we encounter when we lack confidence in ourselves and our ‘reality’, and the kind of withdrawal/denial (and even paralysis) that comes after long periods of stress and worry.[Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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