No Fear

In a 2005 Gallup poll (U.S.A.), a national sample of adolescents between the ages of 13 and 15 were asked what they feared the most. 

The top ten fears were: 

1.   terrorist attacks

2.   spiders

3.   death

4.   being a failure

5.   war

6.   heights

7.   criminal or gang violence

8.   being alone

9.   the future

10. nuclear war

Fear not your enemies, for they can only kill you; fear not your friends, for they can only betray you. Fear only the indifferent, who permit the killers and betrayers to walk safely on the earth.