I read a long time ago that humans have 2 basic emotions LOVE and FEAR from which all others spring. It sounded good to me at the time and it still sounds right.

OP I do agree with a lot of what you say, but ever since my awareness of what is truly going on in the world with the 911 incident which awakened me to certain unpleasantness, I have to admit I have been having a hard time not so much with fear, but more with sadness and purpose.

Actually, the fear lessened as I use to have a vague fear of the unknown. Now I know what it is I need to keep my eyes on and this has lessened my fear. In other words there are things here we should have a healthy fear of, but most of our fears over frivolous things are a waste of time.

I think there is such a thing as healthy fear. It is what has keep the human race alive and evolving on this planet for thousands of years w/o it I believe extinction would not be too far in the future. I believe this is the point we are at now.

Worrying or fearing what others think of you when you are doing your best is a big waste of time. So is the entire status situation. I think we truly have issues here on planet earth that we need to fear AND ADDRESS, the only problem is we are fearing the senseless ones.

In an ideal situation this healthy fear would nudge us to make positive changes in our behaviors and the world, however, that does not seem to be what is happening.