BANG! BANG!This year, I have decided, will be the unofficial year of conquering one's fears. Not all of them, mind you. That would just be a very tedious and time-consuming task. So we'll focus on just the important ones - like my irrational fear of being laid off. Shit, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. There's no one's boots I can lick to stop that from happening. And of course my fear of snakes. That's a big one.
They are curiously odd creatures, snakes. I cannot fathom how one would learn to trust a creature that can move/attack/jump without the use of any limbs. Sure, the Dodo had wings but couldn't fly. But snakes, these creepy ground slitherers are able to meander through deserts, swim in water, and leap out of bushes to zap you on the leg. Then recoil and disappear - leaving you wounded, faint, and very close to death. Not a nice thing to happen. But yes, I shall try to learn to conquer my very rational fear of the slithery one.
Another fear I need to work on is the apocalypse (also known as the end of the world as we know it, to those uneducated peasants out there). I have a fear of being the only person left standing on the face of this rapidly eroding planet. Just me. No one else. No pet cats. No New York sewage rats. No snakes. Okay, maybe the last one won't be so bad, but if I learn to overcome my fear of the slithery one, then I shall miss the slithery one come the apocalypse.
Imagine for a moment, if you will, being the sole survivor of a devastating end-of-the-world phenomenon.
No one to talk to. No one to call and shout at for switching off your electricity. No cable TV because there is no one else left to keep it switched on and running. What would you do all by yourself? This is a very rational and real fear and while I shall try my utmost to overcome it this year, I may have to seek the help of a person who tells you to lie on a long sofa before he/she asks you, "And how does that make you feel?"
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