Fear is connected directly to instability and uncertainty. It feeds off a state of not knowing what is coming next or what you can do to prevent or control it.
Fear is intended to warn us about imminent danger. It is a survival mechanism, connected directly to the fight or flight response as our bodies produce adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol in response to perceived danger. Unfortunately, fear is also contagious, and so we may become worried about dangers that are not imminent, with no one to fight and nowhere to physically flee.
As the humanitarian disaster in Gaza grows, so does the uncertainty in the world, which generates even more fear. This is exactly the result that terrorists are trying to achieve. In this sense, Hamas is winning. People have lived in fear before. The world narrowly avoided defeat at the hands of the Axis powers in World War II, when the Manhattan Project here in the U.S. famously beat the Germans in the race to develop the atomic bomb.
This is what living in fear means. Fear is connected directly to instability and uncertainty. It feeds off a state of not knowing what is coming next or what you can do to prevent or control it. This is the direction the world may be heading right now, into a deepening cycle of worry. At this time, it is more important than ever to strengthen family ties and friendships, to practice kindness and forgiveness and to find courageous, confident leaders to guide us.
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