Thoughts Through Infinity

Fears are like a storm. They only pass with some time and strength      I find that fear often comes from an experience in your life. You aren't born with the fear of something, for example snakes, but once you experience seeing or hearing a snake, you may become afraid. An example from my life, would be my fear of spiders. When I was first born, I wasn't fearful of spiders. In fact, I didn't have much opinion on them, even once I was old enough to see them and acknowledge them living. It wasn't until I had first seen one on the outside of a window pane, its slender body crawling across the clear glass, that I got this uncomfortable feeling. I thought they were unappealing to look at. A little interesting, but mainly just disgusting. Now, I have fully developed a fear of them, and get a unsettling feeling when I see one. So what is your fear?       I also believe that some fears are important to try and conquer. Instead of holding this fea...

Failure....not so bad       Everyone has struggled with something, whether they admit it or not. Often, the idea of not succeeding, makes people have a harder time. This is pressure, that in this case, is caused by not wanting to fail. But what's wrong with failure? In my opinion, the answer is nothing, though that doesn't stop me from not wanting to succeed. Due to how we have given failure such a horrible definition, people have learned and been told that failure is a disgrace, horrible. For example, if you're a gymnast, and you are learning a new trick, you'll want to successfully complete the trick, instead of falling and struggling. As I stated before, a lot of this comes from pressure, and not only self pressure, but peer pressure. Peer pressure is influence from others, and it is usually happening to persuade you to do something you don't want to do, or can't do. (The other people putting this pressure on you, know what they're doing, and kno...