Comments on: Nothing to Fear

By: terry

terry — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:47:31 +0000

loved this piece. I am in the middle of writing a ghost story and I am a chicken myself! My father made horror films for a living but I was too afraid to watch them. Now I am immersed in ghosts and catacombs and voices from the other side.

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:38:07 +0000

Someone once said to me, “You’re not afraid of anything.” Oh, brother, is that wrong. I’m afraid of most everything, but I make myself do them anyway. Otherwise, I’d spend every day under the bed. I agree, Anne, that there’s nothing wrong with wanting to survive, and also that maybe our imaginations are a little over-active. Still, one can’t be too careful…

By: Kristen @ Motherese

Kristen @ Motherese — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:35:53 +0000

I’m a chicken, through and through. I get a rush of adrenaline from driving up and down the hills on a rural road nearby – and that’s plenty enough for me.

But I’m with you: I wonder what I’m missing by living life in the safe zone. I usually congratulate myself on the positive qualities that I associate with my chicken-y ways: responsibility, reliability, modesty – but I wonder how much credit I should be giving to the positive qualities that come from risk-taking. Sure I’m skipping the potential for low lows, but am I also missing out on the highest highs?

By: Gale

Gale — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:06:20 +0000

I love this post. Completely love it. You’re right. In today’s world we run more risk by getting in a car than we do hiking a mountain trail. But like you, my imagination sometimes gets a death grip (pun totally intended) on me and all I can see is the worst case scenario.

If not your apt analysis of fear then at least your lovely sunrise photos make me realize that sometimes its worth setting said fears aside in pursuit of something extraordinary.

Thanks for such an inspiring post.