Love and Fear

The world around us instills fear in us. And fear is what prevents us from truly being at peace with our existence. Learning to let go of fear is the hardest thing to do because fear is ingrained in us, it is a natural reflex. Don’t go to unknown places, don’t go into the darkness, don’t be alone… it gets accumulated in us by the things that we have been told by others and the things that we have experienced ourselves. But if you don’t go to unknown places you might never find the most beautiful place you’ve ever been. If you don’t go into the darkness, you might never find the thing that you’ve been looking for. Why should we let go of things that could make our existence worth the while for the fear of living in pain for the maximum of a lifetime, which must eventually end. In the course of having plans for the future we forget the limitation of mortality. Fear is not the essence of love. To really love you must open yourself to the possibility of pain. And without love life is just empty.