Fear Of Terrorism.
Fear is something we dont always like admiting too but all experiance. It comes in many forms, fear of illness, death, poverty, being spiritual lost, etc etc etc. Through the ages people have tried to conquer fear, todays macho man pretends he dosent have any. When something that causes us fear arrises we immediatly look for hope, or as some would say," Look on the bright side of life".
Fear affects us in different ways, fear is always the cause of stress. Fear I cant cope, do a certain job, of enviroment I live in, of consequences of certain actions, etc etc etc. We even fear not being accepted, of not being loved.
We today fear terrorism and where it will end, or how it will develope. Naturaly we want to live in a safe enviroment, where people dont jump from World Trade Centres or get blown to shreds on underground trains etc. But tragicaly for us all this is the world we now live in, have to deal with.
We are told that the best thing we can do is face, or confront our fear. So, what do we fear, what causes us stress as we think of terrorism? We fear its here to stay, that it will grow nastier, that it will affect us personaly, our famalies, our incomes, etc etc etc. We fear bigger weapons, biological, chemical, and even nuclear! We fear because we feel vulnarable.
In London since 7/7 we all feel different, more cautious, more aware of our vulnarability. Some of us have seen that sudden death, its aftermath, its horror! We live expecting more attacks to come, not a very nice feeling. People say we go on living as normal, but do we really? How can we be normal with always possibility of more bomb attacks at back of our minds?
A baby is a very vulnarable little bundle, but babies usualy feel secure in their mother, their parents love! When I was young I felt secure as long as mom was around, cause in my childhood thinking, mom would always make things all right. I as an adult cant change this world, I personaly cant stop terrorism, cant stop evil. I cant guarentee myself or my family security, freedom from all danger.
This vulnaribilty has its good side, as it makes me look to God, as I looked as a child look towards my mum. I realise God dosent guarentee my security, but I also beleive nothing will touch me that He dosent allow! I have to live in this world, in this city, in this time in history. Difference for me is, not the absence of fear, but that I face it with God. I would truely quack in my boots if there was no God, as there would be no hope, just pointlessness in life. God, my knowledge of Him, dosent take away the fearfull things in my life, but it does help me face them with purpose, hope, and reason for living. Americans say "In God we Trust". For me this is not just a slogan, but a reality. No, I dont have deep spiritual experiances, no, I am not free of fear, no, I'm not some christian superman. I'm just a mortal, who in fear, in stress, in lifes unknown future, turns to God Who knows all things including the second I will die! In God I trust!
Fear affects us in different ways, fear is always the cause of stress. Fear I cant cope, do a certain job, of enviroment I live in, of consequences of certain actions, etc etc etc. We even fear not being accepted, of not being loved.
We today fear terrorism and where it will end, or how it will develope. Naturaly we want to live in a safe enviroment, where people dont jump from World Trade Centres or get blown to shreds on underground trains etc. But tragicaly for us all this is the world we now live in, have to deal with.
We are told that the best thing we can do is face, or confront our fear. So, what do we fear, what causes us stress as we think of terrorism? We fear its here to stay, that it will grow nastier, that it will affect us personaly, our famalies, our incomes, etc etc etc. We fear bigger weapons, biological, chemical, and even nuclear! We fear because we feel vulnarable.
In London since 7/7 we all feel different, more cautious, more aware of our vulnarability. Some of us have seen that sudden death, its aftermath, its horror! We live expecting more attacks to come, not a very nice feeling. People say we go on living as normal, but do we really? How can we be normal with always possibility of more bomb attacks at back of our minds?
A baby is a very vulnarable little bundle, but babies usualy feel secure in their mother, their parents love! When I was young I felt secure as long as mom was around, cause in my childhood thinking, mom would always make things all right. I as an adult cant change this world, I personaly cant stop terrorism, cant stop evil. I cant guarentee myself or my family security, freedom from all danger.
This vulnaribilty has its good side, as it makes me look to God, as I looked as a child look towards my mum. I realise God dosent guarentee my security, but I also beleive nothing will touch me that He dosent allow! I have to live in this world, in this city, in this time in history. Difference for me is, not the absence of fear, but that I face it with God. I would truely quack in my boots if there was no God, as there would be no hope, just pointlessness in life. God, my knowledge of Him, dosent take away the fearfull things in my life, but it does help me face them with purpose, hope, and reason for living. Americans say "In God we Trust". For me this is not just a slogan, but a reality. No, I dont have deep spiritual experiances, no, I am not free of fear, no, I'm not some christian superman. I'm just a mortal, who in fear, in stress, in lifes unknown future, turns to God Who knows all things including the second I will die! In God I trust!
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