Fear

Fear lives in the future"We can't fear the past. Fear is a future thing. And since the future's all in our heads, fear must be a head thing."
-- Tom Payne

It helps to understand that fear is usually a projection into the future. We typically fear what MIGHT happen rather than what is happening now. Susan Jeffers notes that 90% of what we fear usually does not materialize. So replace your images of disaster on the TV screen in your mind with awareness of what is really happening. And don't allow your thinking to change channels."

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me."
-- Erica Jong

What are you afraid of?

I feel this is one reason we are nostalgic about the past. We have no fear of what MIGHT have happened - we KNOW. Thus the past seems safe and secure.