The things we fear

I watched Cosmo freak out in the automatic car wash this morning. As the loud jets pounded the car with water I watched him frantically jump from seat to seat looking for escape from the terror.

I tried to tell him that the loud sound was just water and we were safely protected within the truck cab. Unfortunately Cosmo’s  understanding of complex sentence structure prohibited this dialogue. 

Whether it is jets of water, thunderstorms, public speaking, or plane crashes, it is generally the ‘unknown’ and the mental story that we create that causes fear. 

The fact that 95% of our fears will never come true does not dissuade us from constant worry.

Chat GPT tells me that the probability of a plane crash is 1 in 11,000,000 flights, and the probability of a shark attack is less than 1 in 1,000,000 ocean swims.

Meanwhile, ladder deaths are 1 per 150,000 climbs and yet most people don’t bat an eye.

Take some time to understand your fears, some inquiry might just show you that they are likely just loud noise.

• Now that’s a peak ethos.