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It was as real a fear as any that one could encounter.                                                                                                                                 
Fear is torment, and comes with the purpose to intimidate and eliminate.                                                              I have encountered the fear of punishment and fear of bodily harm.                                                                             I have feared darkness where one is at a loss of his surroundings.                                                                                          

As a child I was terrified of polio shots administered once a year.
There are fears that come and go, and we learn to adjust and adapt.                                                             There are myriads of phobias and fears that threaten us all, but there                                                                           is a fear I wish to share. It is a fear with which I struggled and have                                                           had to confront,  conquer, and dispatch.

I fought for several years until I conquered and overcame 'the fear of failure'.                                                   This fear did not accompany me at birth as if I inherited it from ancestors.                                                                 I created conditions and aspirations that painted pictures of accomplishments and achievements whereby I dared not to be anything less than the master of all my hopes and dreams.  I could not accept  the normal or the mundane. I believed that I would excel no matter what. However, I came to realize that I was being captured and imprisoned by my own mind set.  I was becoming obsessed and driven to avoid what I perceived as an unacceptable life, and thereby becoming afraid of what might become a reality.  Thus the 'fear of failure' in reality reduces one's abilities and capabilities.

When I released myself from the drip of such a fear, I became free to let go and let me be the best me that I could be without trying to please and convince me as well as others of how wonderful I could be.  It was a fear from which no one else could emancipate me. God's wisdom and grace granted me the sweet freedom from the fear of failure.
09132017 PS Contest, Fear 2, Debbi Guzzie
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