What is fear really?

Does it seem like we have been living in a heightened and perpetual state of fear lately? And by lately I don’t only mean the years between 2020-2022, I also mean the last couple of decades.

When faced with a rare amount of adversity, the human instinct reverts to Fight or Flight, a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event. When “threatened” in any way, a human tends to respond with survival mechanism’s based in fear.

But being “threatened” in today’s sense of the word can mean loss of income, housing or a relationship. Nowadays an email can feel like a saber toothed tiger, but is the appropriate response to them fear?

A pragmatic person might say no but try changing 4 million years of evolution in the human brain. The amygdala in the brain still thinks its running away from dinosaurs.

Add fear coming at you 365 days a year through all forms of media and what do you think you'll get?

Did you know that peddling fear has become a lucrative venture in many industries? One of our inalienable rights should be to live in peace and not constant fear, don't you think?

We have been made starkly aware recently that our lives are much more intertwined than we allowed ourselves to believe before .

We now realize how much our well-being and “survival” depends on how we care for each other.

Will you allow yourself to continually be manipulated by fear or will you opt for peace and sovereignty instead? The choice lies with each individual. You get to choose.