Freedom Over Fear

Fear is like a prisoner. Locked away and afraid of retribution against it torment. People are scared , babies definitely get scared and animals Sense fear supernaturally. Supervisors and managers put fear into their employees if they don’t operate or work in a certain manner, they might lose their jobs. A good example of this unfortunately is at work environments like Walmart and Amazon Fulfillment centers.

Fear causes people to do crazy things. Fear causes people to panic, produces anxiety and leads to depression eventually. It’s the one factor that the military Uses because another group of civilians to flee an area for refuge and safety of another.Government uses fear during election season to manipulate people with certain narrow views for a vote while casting doubt in what might happen if the ladder were to occur when you choose not to vote for their party. In fact, fear is one of the most powerful tools of manipulation and control around the world. If you take something away from someone and they have a fear of living without it, then they submit to their master in order to keep peace of not losing that particular thing in their lives that’s needed. Millions of people are living under fear right now in this world. People here in the states can’t even afford a tank of gas anymore and fear that it will only go up in price through inflation while limiting their ability to get from point A to B. Or in car dependent cities, to and from work.

FOMO or fear of missing out, exist solely because most of us only live once and when we look on social media to see other peoples lives lived vibrantly through perception, we feel jealous. Apart of that jealousy stems from the fear of missing out on her best lives ever. So whenever a teen is using Snapchat and looks at the filtered photos of other girls and how pretty they are perceived through a picture or on Instagram, they start to become more self-aware of their selves and insecurities and flaws. They start to obsess over beauty and cosmetic products that can enhance their looks for the sake of feeling some sense of security.

The emotion of fear is powerful with younger people, specially teens. In a society that is hugely based on social media gimmicks and TikTok viral dances, so is the pressure of looking good in unrealistic ways. Because if they don’t look good, the basis of the fear might be that there appears will find them on unattractive and not affiliate their selves with them overtime. Eventually, all of their peers will befriend more attractive friends, hence, keeping them in this dark space of loneliness.

Fear can be found on O Block in The South Of Chicago where a young black man is shot instantly out of baseless gang retaliation. Where other people in low income communities stay isnide in fear of being a victim of gun violence. Sometimes, its the fear of getting shot by the police themselves.Its the agonizing fear that had millions of Ukrainian citizens fleeing to Poland for safety. Fear also lurks through the cracks of alley ways of frightened women who were kidnapped and trafficed into sexual slavery. It doesn’t stop at just women being exploited either: An abused woman cries on the living room floor after getting punched in the face from a drunken partner.

Yet there it was, FREEDOM. Something all of mankind aspires to obtain but never completely reaches. Something that only a few people in the world, Rich or poor truly have within themselves. The pot at the end of the rainbow that everyone aspires to collect. For billions of people and animals, its nirvana that comes with the freedom. Its the peace that smoothens the soul. It’s the acknowledgment of grace. It’s living salvation of knowing that no matter what happens, good one bad, that everything is going to be find. Freedom is pealing the layers of this existence and leaning the absolute truth about the order of things and how it works. Freedom is learning from that absolute truth how life and this existance might seem real, but the freedom from this reality is much more lively and realistic.

We all know within our core how freedom can save use from fear, worry of death. Being carefree from jealousy and spousal affairs that break up families and cause divorces. Freedom overwelms fear of abuse, death, getting terminated from your job,gas prices being too high,not being good enough, pretty enough and fear’s cousin anger. Because once you can finally overcome fear, then only can you fully obtain freedom, even if it’s temporarily.