According to Merriam, fear is “an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger.”

So then, I guess to be fearful of something, then you have to anticipate or at least be aware of the danger or dangers laying in wait. However, in my case, stupidity, ignorance, and a lack of presence pretty much cancels out any ability to anticipate and/or be aware.

Thus, no fear can exist.

Just luck.

But I digress….

Let’s just say there are certain ways of being and certain ways of being used that I really have no use for. I have travelled a path for much of my life where I allowed my worth and value to be allocated by others. A way of confirming my low self image.

Since the light went on in my noggin and I have turned on the blinker and taken the off ramp, I really do not go that way any longer. If a billboard from the past appears, I tend to ignore it and stay within the moment.

So there really never was fear. Just a willing acceptance of that mode of treatment for some bizarre reason.

These days, a pleasant often strong emotion is caused by anticipation and awareness of the opposite of danger.

Salvation.