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Fear and fences

Posted on by philipdodson

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If you have nothing to fear you do not build a wall, a fence, put up cameras and have armed police.

If you lead by example, if you stay true to your values, do what is humane, behave decently, respect others and if you make a difference in an inspirational and honest way, then you have nothing to fear.

Fear creates barriers, physical and mental ones. Fear creates extremes such as lies, hate, anger, violence, and also apathy, acceptance of injustice.

Outside of the home of the great British ‘freedom and democracy’ stood a fence, cameras, lines of police, and no sign of the leader that all of that is there to ‘protect’.

It’s not about politics, it is about decency and humanity. None of that can be built behind fear and fences.

We need to build alternatives, we need to take down fences, physical and virtual ones, to unite as the human race against injustice. A world for all not just a tiny privileged few.

If you believe in the human race, then act and do not accept being controlled and enslaved by just a tiny few.

Not choosing

Posted on by philipdodson

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We can be gripped by the fear of starting something or doing something different, we are fearful of change.

Yet why do we not fear doing nothing?

Doing nothing or not choosing has consequences too. Just because it is doing the same thing and we perceive it to be comfortable or safe does not mean that there aren’t consequences. In fact, often a whole lot more than doing something has.

We do not need to fear anything, but we only seem to fear change, doing, different and risky.

Perhaps we are frightened of living our life how we want and, therefore, we accept comfortable, safe and certain. Where perhaps if we feared routine, comfort and avoiding choice, then we might choose doing or change more often.