“But there is no reason to live and no limit to our miseries if we let our fears predominate.”
- Seneca, Moral Letters, 13.12b
September 9, 2021 7:00 AM
We have been down this road before. Our fears cause us unnecessary misery. The fear of an unknown outcome can paralyze us and can be more damaging than the actual outcome.
"let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyses needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Conclusion
We should avoid these needless stresses. We can not control fate, but we can control our choices and actions leading to it. We must resist the scrambling and dread that accompanies fear. It serves no purpose and only hinders our ability to turn the circumstances around.