on one of the first warm days of the new season. There were so many birds singing their songs~~they frightened me. I have lived amid nature my entire life and I've never seen so many birds at one time. And, I realized that if they passed along information to one another~~determining in their own special way~~that I was some sort of prey, then at a moment's notice thousands of oscine warm-blooded feathered vertebrates could come hissing and jeering down at me. I went indoors, safe from the signs of springtime. .
Where do our fears emanate from? Why is it so difficult to find or feel security?
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Fears boil up from within and usualy have no outside cause,I think, fear and anxiety are both moods and they are twins.
One might stand against a dengerous situation and fight bravely if in the mood or be scared of a tiny mouse. don't u think so?
A little too much Hitchcock, perhaps?
Dear mindinside & rhodester: I think it's more like too much nature. Can that be possible? Well, yes, I suppose it can if you've lived all your years in the woodlands. I think it's a sign that the birds are starting to get on my nerves and I need a little bit of tar and mortar. I know that sounds strange but life is sometimes very very strange. Nice to hear from both of you.
I find Nature can be really frightening---not just birds, but the eyes of almost any animal, ice storms, tsunamis---all scary and totally out of our control.
As a youngster, nature was always a healer but now as an adult, it's telling me something. Thank you lorna. I think it's become frightening because I must look at other things for a time, frightening as they, too may be.
Mad: I've never thought it frightening before but that's why I wrote this because it was so strange that it was so strange. We must respect Nature.
If i had the choice,I'd rather live among nature .... trees and flowers & listen to birds singing and the sound of river and breath fresh air far away from the ugly city .. the crowd & traffic sounds.
maybe the human race as the biggest terminator, hunter, predator,... is right to fear revenge ;-) yet there is also hollywood to add the spice to our deepest fears. Security is somewhat not compatible with our nature in the 21st century :-)
good post...
I will never get tired of them ever. Each day I spend with them, is a joy for me and each day I learn a thing new.
Your fear factor must be related to other psychological events or else I should have been a carcass long ago as I am in pure wilderness with just those poor souls as company.
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