Fear Is An Illution
I pulled my car into the only available parking space, stopped the engine and lay back on my seat to rest a little before alighting. I looked at the water tanker truck parked close to me and mused.
If it were a petrol tanker truck, I shouldnβt park here. It could be extremely dangerous. But since ‘Water Supply’ is clearly written on the tank, there’s no cause for alarm.
Then came another thought as I glanced again at it.
But what if it tumbled side-ward and crushed my car and me?
Nah, that won’t happen. Not a chance.
I picked my phone and plunged deep into Facebook and later swam through it to Instagram and then to WordPress and got carried away by the blogs.
Suddenly, I looked up, absent-minded and felt my car was rolling forward.
It was moving!
I leaned forward, clutched the steering and placed my right foot on the brake pedal in desperate effort to stop the car.
When I felt it wasn’t working, my heart began to beat fast and then faster and then raced. I turned frantic, felt light headed and then dazed.
I looked at the tanker parked beside me, it stood still.
I looked at my car, it was rolling forward but still at the spot where I packed it.
Wow! I’m I hallucinating? I mused and tried to relax which seemed an awkward a thing to do at the moment but I picked up my already chartered pieces and looked carefully at the tanker and saw the tanker driver’s hand steering it and it clicked and dawned on me.
It was the Tanker pulling out of the parking lot in backward movement -reverse, and not my car after all.
I released the steering and slowly removed my foot from the break, clutched my chest and uttered,
‘Wow!’
At that moment I felt my heartbeat in my head as the blood which had rushed up there pounded for some few seconds before rushing back to the origin.
I sat still and thought that fear was a dangerous thing. More dangerous than I could ever imagine and yet it’s baseless an illusion.
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Have you ever been afraid of nothing? You can always share your experience in the comment section.
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Really? Glad I’m not alone. Thanks for sharing your experience π
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Fear will keep us from experiencing Godβs best. He hasnβt given us a Spirit of fear. 2 Timothy 1:7
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Exactly. Fear is terrible. We are in a constant battle against our own flesh. One’s needs to be soaked in the Spirit all the time to overcome.
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Bonjour ou Bonsoir Ami ,Amie
Tu vois
Avec beaucoup de sincΓ©ritΓ©
Je suis mon cΕur
Il a ses pensΓ©es , ses choix et ses propres idΓ©es
Cβest alors et seulement
Que lβon devient acteur de sa vie
Il faut dans la vie savoir aussi
Tendre la main Γ qui en a besoin
Sans en espΓ©rer un retour
Juste se dire que cβΓ©tait bien
Alors sβinstalle une belle harmonie avec soi-mΓͺme
Je te souhaite ce quβil y a de meilleur
Profite bien , belle journΓ©e
Bisous , AmitiΓ© Bernard
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Thanks for your comment Bernard. For taking your time to write it. I guess this is French.β€
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Someone once defined fear as False Expression Appearing Real. He couldnβt be more precise.Thank you for this piece.
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He’s so right. Thanks for throwing more light. π
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Life itself is an illusion π
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I’m speechless ashok.
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The awesomeness of life usually leaves us speechless πΆ
Enjoy the illusion Florence π€
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My brain just summersault severally and I’m dazed. But just like mystery, illusion dazes tooπ. Is this enjoyment?
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Whatever gives you peace and bliss is enjoyment I would say.
You are very good with words Florence ππ
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Thanks for the clarity. I’m alright now. Thank you, Ashok.π€π
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