I woke up this morning with this teen marketing phrase in my head. Apparently it's the catch phrase for a renegade drink marketed to teens or wannabe teens.
I first reflected on it a few days ago when I was skiing with my two young sons. My older boy is 10 and skies with NO FEAR. This is not necessarily a good thing. Yeah, it gets him off the chair lift easily BUT it also has him skiing down the hill faster and more out of control than is good for him... and others.
FEAR is a good thing. It can keep us from getting hurt or dying. In my son's case, he doesn't have enough life experience to know that hitting a tree is a real possibility of skiing too close to a tree and catching an edge.
Fear of pregnancy, STI's, or being used - keeps us from having sex (sometimes) and that too is a good thing. Fear also helps us to be safer drivers, well, most of us.
So fear is good.
But fear is also bad.
Fear of failure can keep us from trying. Fear of the unknown can keep us lonely, from trying new things, meeting new people, from joining a new group or club.
Fear is a bittersweet deal. It can save our life or it can keep us a prisoner. How does fear apply to your life? It is a friend or a foe?
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