George E Westinghouse High School - Sketch Book Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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FEAR Fear is one of the strings of God's marionette show with which He controls the vital movements of His carthly puppets. It fondles success, it dominates life. It is the religion of the bushman, the battlecry of civilization, the shadow of the timid, and the strength of the brave. Like a clever sleuth it hides its reality in dis- may, horror, panic, dread, and reverence. N o one is aware of its presence as it lurks somewhere on our path until it seizes us for a moment. Then we ask our- selves, VVhy were we afraid P VV e were afraid not because we wanted to be but because we were unable to help ourselves. Perhaps it was because we had not been able to conquer our child- hood fears. For what small. child has not been frightened into obedience by a threat about that ill-famed bugaboo. Thus fear may have had an hereditary base, for parents unconciously pass down to their children many of their traits. This grip of childhood or hereditary fear can only be conquered by a strong will. Child- ren whose will has overcome these obstacles become our greatest leaders in science, medicine, and law while those children whose minds are not sufficiently strong to overcome these early fears prove to be an ideal resting place for the further devel- opment of fear. The successful succeed because they know and fear that if their goal is not reached and maintained they will become one of the struggling masses. The fail- ures fail because they are afraid that they do not have the caliber to stand competi- tion and come out ahead. The brave are brave because they fear that if they are not brave they will suffer from the pangs of fear. The timid are afraid to have any of these outlooks and only pray that their weakness will not be noticed. The successful and the brave have will and have subdued fear. The failures and timid have not the will to overcome fear. All men have fear, for the law of the universe is fear of God. If we follow this rule, then all other outgrowths of fear will take shape in direct proportion. Fear can always be tolerated except in cowards. Fear is mental, but when it be- comes physical it is a fatal disease. Will power is the most powerful enemy of fear. Each of us fights this battle in his own mind. lf will is victorious then fear is only a shadow, and if fear proves the superior then will is all but broken. In the hands of God the final de- cision rests. Fear Him and will will conquer. If will is the victor, then His string of fear becomes a cord of reverence, and His puppets receive renewed life. Ten