What is fear? Some of you may think fear is just being scared of a spider, which in some cases it may be. Listen to me, fear is so much more than that. Fear is to be afraid of something which is likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening. Although fear seems like a simple and straight forward emotion, it is actually more complicated than that.
Fear is anger. You are angry because you are afraid of failing in school, so you do not try. Imagine yourself walking to class everyday seeing all your friends happy, and enjoying school. Instead you, you are dreading waking up every day to go to school knowing that you are just going to end up being angry at yourself by the end of the day for the fear of failing. Later that day, you are sitting …show more content…
I am fearful, and I do not wake up happy every morning. I wake up fearing that my mom will find a way to be disappointed in me. I fear that she will not be happy with the grades I am getting at school. I fear that she will not be happy with how I am doing in basketball. Fear is not being content with where you are in life. I am sitting in the lunchroom listening to a college representative talk to everyone about the future college I want to attend; University of Northern Iowa. He is asking everyone what they want to go to school for after high school. All of the sudden he gets to me and I have no idea what to say so I answer with “I have yet to decide.” This is where I realize that I am not content with my life because everyone else seems to know what they want to go to college for but that it not me. I am in fear that I will not know by the time I graduate. Fear is not having confidence in me. It was the 4th quarter of my last Junior Varsity game. I was shooting the winning shot from the three point line. The girl that was guarding me obviously was not going to take it easy on me because three more points and we win. I took the shot and instantly that it was not going to go in. Right then and there I realized I was in fear that my shot was not going to win and my whole team was going to be upset with me. Suddenly I hear the referee blow his whistle and he says “Foul, 3 shots.” The moral of the story is I got down on myself and had no
Fear is anger. You are angry because you are afraid of failing in school, so you do not try. Imagine yourself walking to class everyday seeing all your friends happy, and enjoying school. Instead you, you are dreading waking up every day to go to school knowing that you are just going to end up being angry at yourself by the end of the day for the fear of failing. Later that day, you are sitting …show more content…
I am fearful, and I do not wake up happy every morning. I wake up fearing that my mom will find a way to be disappointed in me. I fear that she will not be happy with the grades I am getting at school. I fear that she will not be happy with how I am doing in basketball. Fear is not being content with where you are in life. I am sitting in the lunchroom listening to a college representative talk to everyone about the future college I want to attend; University of Northern Iowa. He is asking everyone what they want to go to school for after high school. All of the sudden he gets to me and I have no idea what to say so I answer with “I have yet to decide.” This is where I realize that I am not content with my life because everyone else seems to know what they want to go to college for but that it not me. I am in fear that I will not know by the time I graduate. Fear is not having confidence in me. It was the 4th quarter of my last Junior Varsity game. I was shooting the winning shot from the three point line. The girl that was guarding me obviously was not going to take it easy on me because three more points and we win. I took the shot and instantly that it was not going to go in. Right then and there I realized I was in fear that my shot was not going to win and my whole team was going to be upset with me. Suddenly I hear the referee blow his whistle and he says “Foul, 3 shots.” The moral of the story is I got down on myself and had no