Thank you for commenting Your Royal Poetess, I think fear is the main and most common reason why people don't reach their goals.

The title 'The Growth of Fear' covers many aspects of the poem but actually ironically enough I didn't write the poem to grow fear, quite the opposite, I had many overgrown fears that I was trying to shrink.

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I believe fear stops you from overcoming limits, man should fear (but God - in May opinion). You cannot reach your goals being overshadowed with fear!

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Thank you MC for commenting, there was much to think about, I'd say that fear is more a recognition of trouble rather than a way of avoiding it, but that's just because I separate the emotion of fear and the 'reactive action' to fear as two separate things - even the emotion of fear can be a false alarm that might be caused by previous or current misunderstandings. Bundled together, the emotion of fear and it's reactive action, I wish that fear really were a way to avoid trouble except human history suggests otherwise and that's because of the choice of 'reactive action' often being unwise despite humanity's capacity to reason (I think a better jury than I would need to decide whether the broader category of 'other animals' are more or less reason-bound than the narrow 'human animal' category). All words are merely human definitions, by definition, and I think other animals do share the definition of fear, they just might be afraid of different things or show it differently. So oddly enough since we disagree on quite a bit of the nuances, we both agree that application of reason makes all the difference and is quite essential for a good outcome where fear is involved.

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I tend to think of fear as nature's way of avoiding trouble. All visible
life forms seem to demonstrate its manifestation in action. After all,
isn't the word itself merely a human definition that other animals
do not share, let alone comprehend except via instinctive response
to perceived threat of whatever sort?. Humanity has the advantage of reason and can gainfully employ it to overcome the relative threat according to circumstance.

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Thank you Hope Ray for your comment and support.

Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?

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Good thought and advise.?

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