Fearless Gum?

The media beats the drum of fear of weather to come, this time snow. The media beats the drum of fear of terrorism to come, where we do not know. The media beats the drum of fear of nuclear bombs to come, now in Iran. The media beats the drum of fear on the streets, violence in the neighborhoods.

Fear of bad breath, fear of someone talking about us, fear of lack of money, fear everywhere. Now I know why Jesus says in the Gospel, over and over again, “Be Not Afraid.” If we fear failure too much we will not try much. President Roosevelt said the “only thing we have to fear is fear itself” yet we fear everything. Fear might have its place, but when it controls society, as it does, it is not good.

When I did the family shopping today I forgot to buy sugarless sticks of gum for my dear wife. I wish fearless sticks of gum were sold as sugarless sticks. With a few sticks of fearless gum we would not be afraid to wake up and see the world as it really is. Every time we were faced with fear we could just grab a stick of fearless gum and chew our way out of the fear.

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