Now the whole world is living in fear. The terrorists are laughing all the way to their frozen bank accounts every time airline workers are laid off and holidays cancelled. I am probably the biggest coward of them all, but one thing I know is that we dare not live in fear.
Fear is the most paralysing of emotions.
It freezes you in your tracks, rendering you impotent and greatly lowering your resistance, not only to attack from terrorists but also from all the microbial enemies, which threaten us constantly with physical disease. Remember that danger is an inescapable aspect of the human condition. As long as we are alive, disease threatens our wellbeing. But only the hypochondriac lives in constant consciousness of all potential health risks. The rest of us take sensible precautions, aim for a healthy life and try as much as possible to think positive, with pleasing results.